Whatever anonymity Mounk may have found, though, he should know that it’s an artificial refuge. He himself has argued persuasively that identities are inextricably bound to past persecution. Leaving Germany doesn't diminish his ties to the country's conflicted history, and arriving in New York won't keep him from becoming part of the United States' own set of racial tensions. All his life, Mounk has felt like a stranger in his own land, but unfortunately, every land bears the weight of historical wrongs.
A persuasive argument against multiculturalism and diversity. We have already entered the era of tribal politics in the US.
We have 45 million foreign-born in this country, not counting their American born children. In 1970 one in 21 was foreign born; today it is one in 8 the highest in 80 years; and within a decade it will be one in 7--the highest in our history. 87% of the 1.2 million legal immigrants who enter annually are minorities as classified by the USG. By 2043 we will be a minority-majority nation for the first time in our history.
We are sowing the seeds of our own demise.
“We have 45 million foreign-born in this country, not counting their American born children. In 1970 one in 21 was foreign born; today it is one in 8 the highest in 80 years; and within a decade it will be one in 7—the highest in our history. 87% of the 1.2 million legal immigrants who enter annually are minorities as classified by the USG. By 2043 we will be a minority-majority nation for the first time in our history.”
Such stats give me little hope that a true conservative will ever live in the White House again.