“It’s not bad finances. Its people that can’t provide for themselves.”
Yeah, it was a bummer when they designed machines to pick cotton!
Yeah, it was a bummer when they designed machines to pick cotton!
I am not sure where you are going with that statement - the majority who had to pick cotton did not do so voluntarily.
There are no guarantees of success or failure based on race. There are statistical certainties based on culture, education, and opportunities. The political party that freed the slaves allowed the political party that opposed their freedom to make them dependent on government. Ironically, the party that should have been given credit for this has been punished ever since because they changed the law - not the culture. The other party took advantage of the culture that existed for political gain.
History will repeat itself with amnesty -
The GOP should oppose illegal alien labor on the principle of law, but they don’t. They allow themselves to be bought off by a small number of industries that profit from such cheap labor for short term gain (political donations). They care more about themselves and their “friends” than they do the rule of law.
The GOP is so ignorant they can’t extrapolate that the same condition will exist with illegal aliens becoming dependent on government and voting for the party of free stuff. This will fundamentally change the electoral equation (and culture) of our nation forever. They tell themselves that their motives are pure and righteous, but they fail to understand such a plan is bad for everyone in the long run (including the illegal aliens) except the party of free stuff and big government.
There are no winners other than the party of free stuff. Both the affected and productive lose. It’s easy to change the law. It’s difficult to change a culture. Our nation provided power to selfish people that do not understand this and we are about to do so again.
It has nothing to do with race and everything to do with culture. It’s very hard to change culture and this is why most nations in history were separated by culture from other nations and peoples. Tribalism is the normal human condition. Like people who share the same culture. America shattered this truth for a short time. America’s success arose from accepting other peoples who wanted to share our culture regardless of tribe.
This was our national strength with two exceptions - our ancestors brought people here against their will as slaves and many of them developed their own cultural enclaves (mostly in the inner-city) as tribes have done since the beginning of mankind.
The second exception is the debate we now witness. We are about to make the same mistake with people we call illegal aliens and they call undocumented workers. The reasons they are here are largely identical to the reason our ancestors brought slaves to America.
Why? Because good men failed to recognize it or stop it. We are apathetic to history and don’t understand the importance of culture and the power of tribes. It is also a moral failure, but I will leave that for another day. The politicians and businesses profit and the rest of us pay for generations and understand the ramifications.
Race guarantees nothing, but the pull of tribalism is still a strong draw. Culture guarantees everything and there are more than enough examples of millions of great Americans who willingly joined our tribe. I think many among us automatically assume that everyone will assimilate to our tribe because we understand it to be superior. If only it worked like that - history shows otherwise.
Long rant and I am going to get off my contemplative soapbox and go enjoy the sunshine.