Pondering that, I’m not sure I agree. My tribe, western europeans that were not ‘to the manor born’, but yearned for freedom and opportunity, accomplished more in 180 years than all those that came before them. If my tribe is not weighed down by the parasites and leeches attracted by the ability to grift free stuff because of my better nature, we’ll do fine.
> If my tribe is not weighed down by the parasites and leeches... <
Oh, but you will be weighed down by those folks. Because your tribe is losing its voting power, while the other tribes are gaining.
America has always had its “tribes”...Italian-Americans, Polish-Americans, etc. In the old days that was played down. An immigrant grandfather saw himself as Polish-American. His son saw himself as an American, of Polish heritage.
And his son sees himself as an American, the same kind of American as is the grandson of a Chinese immigrant.
But now the different tribes are playing up their differences. La Raza, BLM, etc. So nope, it doesn’t look good long-term.
(Again, sorry for the pessimism. Maybe it’s due to the cheap coffee I’ve been drinking lately.)