“American demographic exceptionalism”...
Next to 0 of our population increase is going to be in people who can “get shit done”. Between them and politicians (currently) the accumulated wealth of the US will be frittered away. But I’ll guarantee you that there will be a healthy dose of worthless Americans that celebrate this in it “not giving us an unfair advantage”...
True, the article glosses over the type of population they expect will keep the U.S. from suffering the same demographic decline that East Asia will experience.
Foreign Affairs is, for the most part, a globalist rag. I was surprised that they’d put out an realistic article basically saying the Asian century will never happen for the current economic powers of Asia given their current demographic trajectory.
One thing insinuated in the article but worth exploring is: China is aware of the demographic decline and has tried to unsuccessfully reverse it via government edict. Does this demographic conundrum constrain what military action they take? If they go to war and lose a large amount of military age men, then the demographic decline would go into overdrive due to available pool of males, potential fathers, being eliminated in war.
As for the U.S. it glosses over the demographic decline insinuating that immigration will save us, another globalist b.s. point. To me it shows the importance of Trump’s plan to bring manufacturing back to the US and curtail immigration.
One would hope that when the repatriation of illegals to their home countries is done it includes those illegals who have been in the U.S. for long periods of time. I would also hope that Trump will end the visa program used to bring cheaper high tech people. They overstay their visa and undermine American citizens.
Now there is a group immigrants who are actually doing work that enough Americans don’t do, farmhands from South Africa. Using the H2-A visa, white South Africans come to the U.S. and work as farm laborers. They have to be experienced in driving the harvest machines as well as work the irrigation systems, tractors et al on top of understanding working with farm animals. Short term these are the type of immigrants that actually fit the definition not some political propaganda. The vetting requirements keep out the tribal 13% riff raff that the demo-fascist would want to import.
Given the young in the U.S. do not want to take over family farms coupled with the aging of American farmers the white South Africans here on H2-A visa serve a vital role.