If you don’t understand r/K selection, and how it molded our ideologies, you don’t understand politics. We are group-competitive. That Conservatives want to compete as a group against outgroups.
The Socialist, r-selected, bunnyman position is the whole aversion to group-competition which is the “We are the world” argument.
Either you see America as an entity, and stand beside your fellow Americans in the group competition of global economics, or you side with our enemies and out-groups, in which case you should openly accept you have no in-group, and most assuredly are not part of ours. We want our group healthy and successful.
Back in the day, when you had to produce in this country, or starve, we could have open doors, because only the strong and productive would come here. With today’s cradle to grave welfare state, we will be a magnet for the leeches, and that can no longer be, or we will cease to be a great power.
Either you want America strong and powerful, for Americans, or you might as well be a traitor or enemy to every American in this nation. Today, that means booting the illegals and law breakers, and definitely not giving them the power to elect our leaders.
Unless you want Democrats in power.
Join the in-group.
I think conservatives, however, should be focused on bringing down the authoritarian socialist state, not arguing based on acquiescing to it.
Plus, as long as I’m tearing you one, you do realize the poet who wrote “give me your tired...” was an avowed Zionist. I’m guessing she wasn’t a big fan of Arabs immigrating into the new Jewish state she helped form, and then voting on who would lead the Israelis.
Then again, she was loyal to her people.