demography is destiny..
He is right!
Sorry to say, he is right. The USA is seeing it’s last best days. Our democracy is on it’s deathbed because the very principals and morals that made it great have been compromised by immigrants who hate this nation before their feet touch the soil. They come not for the love and freedom she gives but to treat her like a whore. They use and abuse her, allowing people like William Ayers not only to walk the streets of America, but teach in our schools and wipe his feet on the American flag.
I agree with him. I think the country is on a down hill path. Nothing I can do about it. It is a lost cause. Maybe someday the people will revolt but I doubt it. As long as the young are ignorant and the best thing in life is sex, drugs, my face and in my face they will be lead over the cliff. Oh well nothing lasts forever and the includes the USA and the world. Sad but I think he is right. And the sad thing is there is nowhere to go and start over with Freedom.
Immigration to a country in a deep recession—probably not unless Obama brings the muslim hordes in
I’ve always believed the same thing.
Conservatives and republicans believe that illegal aliens are citezens of another country who are breaking the law and must be deported.
Liberals and democrats look at illigal aliens as a voting block that will provide the democratic party a guaranteed path to eternal ruling power in America.
“Buchanan doesn’t think so, and his very first words on the matter this morning explain why: “demography is destiny.””
And, of course, Pat is right. In politics, demography IS destiny. We’re seeing this play out before us this very day.
Ronald Reagan’s America simply doesn’t exist any more. It has “changed colors”, and those colors are continuing to change. Indeed, what we’re seeing now is but a prelude of the deluge to come in the next two decades.
America’s “complexion” is slowly changing from white to brown. The current estimation is that by 2042 Euro-Americans will no longer constitute a majority of Americans - and that date has been moved _forward_ from the original projection of around 2050. Once the democrats open the immigration/amnesty floodgates, the country may tip over sooner.
As Euros are relegated to minority status, so too is conservativism. Conservatives will no longer be able to muster sufficient numbers to win the majorities needed to elect conservative (or even “moderate”) candidates. And even though we will still have a political voice, that voice will not be able to speak loudly enough to be heard over the screaming din of “minorities”.
Conservatism - by its nature - is the willingness to see things as they are, to recognize human nature with all its faults as well as its good points, and to be able to accept reality and “the hard truths”. Truths that are unpleasant, or contradict “the consensus of the moment”, are still true.
And I would like to state “Fishrrman’s fundamental truth of conservatism”:
Not all whites are conservative, but...
The overwhelming majority of conservatives are white.
Here on FreeRepublic we fall over ourselves to embrace the egalitarian dream: that anyone and everyone is exactly the same, and that everyone has the potential to become a conservative if persuaded by the right ideas. This is nonsense, as ridiculous as anything spewed out at us by the left.
The roots of conservatism flow from Europe itself - from the Scots/Irish and English who came here in the spirit of self-reliance and who harbored a distrust of government. It is they who form the fountainhead from which conservatism springs. Even today we see that in the “angry white males” who cling to their religion and guns... :)
Scant few years ago, we saw foolhardy Republicans in Congress angling to sneak amnesty by us through “comprehensive” immigration reform. These guys really, really seemed to believe that if only we gave them citizenship, they would vote for Republicans. What fools! Just this morning here on FR, there appears another thread that notes that 78% of Hispanics will vote for Obama. Who are we kidding?
The truth is that conservatism can survive in America only so long as America remains “Euro”. Up until 1965, we had immigration laws that protected the demographic makeup of America, and that intentionally discriminated against non-Euros. Of course, that changed, and only now are we started to see the results two generations down the line. When we surrendered our will to protect America “as it was”, we also gambled on the future, instead of directing it.
Buchanan makes a valid point. After Goldwater, conservatism could be “politically rebuilt”. After Reagan, it could still be rebuilt, because fifteen years ago, the demographic shift had yet to make its full weight apparent. But with twenty million Hispanics added to the voting rolls, and with millions more who will come via chain migration, it’s going to become increasingly difficult for Euro-conservatives to build winning voting blocs.
And, the ultimate result? We’re seeing the country “divide” against itself, just as it did prior to the Civil War. Then, we had “slave” and “free” states. This time, we’ve got Red and Blue states. One color represents achievement and self-reliance, while the other color embodies entitlement and expectation from government. Which is which?
In previous postings, I asked, “what will be left for conservatives to do, in the wake of the demographic waves sweeping America?” While some will argue to “stand and fight”, that makes little sense for, say, conservatives in California. Quite frankly, we are never “getting California back”, no matter what we do. Since your vote will count for less and less in places like that, the only recourse will become to “vote with your feet”. To get out while the gettin’s good for someplace that still resembles America as we once knew it, for however long we can keep those ideals burning.
Where shall we go? Call these the “New Conservative Homelands”, if you will. Entire states where conservatives can flock to and, by their sheer numbers, still command a majority. Perhaps in time even these homelands will be crushed by the leftists, who cannot stand to have any dissent against them, anywhere. But given the tendency of socialist governments to collapse under their own weight, I hope that in time the Conservative Homelands could preserve the original intents of the founders and someday once again become dominant, after “weathering the dark ages”, so to speak.
There are hard times for conservatism ahead, I fear- perhaps even akin to a political/cultural version of “the dark ages”. The left, having ascended to power, will do its best to shove “what was” down the Orwellian memory hole. Our best chances to protect the West from their efforts will be to concentrate our collective knowledge and artifacts into places where they will have a chance at survival. Hence, “homelands”.
Just as Galt ran off to the Gulch, so must conservatives find their “hideouts” and by gathering retain whatever majorites they can establish.
And pray for the future.
- John