> Not anymore. Used to be a Christian nation with a mix of European culture - that's what it was founded on. This started to change after 1965 Immigration Act.
1. America was never a Christian nation. That's a far-right populist rewriting of history.
2. 1965 was quite a while ago! But even before then, European culture is extremely varied. Not to mention Chinese and Japanese immigrants before. It was a melting pot even then.
> They are good because they preserve the nation's people. They help the nation.
This means nothing, by the way. This is the problem with populist messaging. It's populist because it sounds good, but it also has to appeal to the lowest common denominator.
There's no substance, no logic, no reasoning. Just promises, built on appealing to emotions. A sense of national pride, of sovereignty. Past that, the details are TBD.
> Economic prosperity at the cost of your nation is not worth it. We don't need cheap food delivery.
Once again, this means nothing. "At the cost of your nation" is just a populist message, something a bit Hitler-y. But it's not an actual argument. What, specifically, is being lost?
> And what has this economical prosperity brought you? Rampant crime, homelessness, zombie cities, healthcare accessible only to the wealthy, one of the biggest wealth inequality in the developed world.
On the topic of crime because far-right populists just can't help but lie - crime in the US is down and has been trending down for decades. People like Trump will claim the opposite, because they are liars and in order to form a populist message you have to appeal to emotions (see above).
It's easy to convince people something needs to be done when you cater to their sense of survival. Of course, it's just not true, blatantly. It's not misinformation or disinformation - it is dishonesty. The same is true for many European nations. You're free to look at crime statistics. But, more importantly than being dishonest, the horse begets the carriage. Why does removing brown people fix crime? What's the mechanism for that? Is it because you propose, by their blood, they are more susceptible to crime? Ah, and there comes the racism I mentioned earlier. With far-right populist ideology, it always comes, if you just give it a squeeze. I have no doubt now you will say no, that's not the reason why, but I don't really care.
And, on some other topics:
1. Healthcare is the most accessible it's ever been in the US takes to the ACA. The far-right wants to dismantle this. This isn't a matter up for debate either, so please don't bother.
2. Wealth inequality is high because of the far-right repeatedly failing to tax the rich and letting them engage in anti-competitive behavior. Under populist far-right leaders like Trump, the wealth inequality will only increase.
1. America was never a Christian nation. That's a far-right populist rewriting of history.
2. 1965 was quite a while ago! But even before then, European culture is extremely varied. Not to mention Chinese and Japanese immigrants before. It was a melting pot even then.
> They are good because they preserve the nation's people. They help the nation.
This means nothing, by the way. This is the problem with populist messaging. It's populist because it sounds good, but it also has to appeal to the lowest common denominator.
There's no substance, no logic, no reasoning. Just promises, built on appealing to emotions. A sense of national pride, of sovereignty. Past that, the details are TBD.
> Economic prosperity at the cost of your nation is not worth it. We don't need cheap food delivery.
Once again, this means nothing. "At the cost of your nation" is just a populist message, something a bit Hitler-y. But it's not an actual argument. What, specifically, is being lost?
> And what has this economical prosperity brought you? Rampant crime, homelessness, zombie cities, healthcare accessible only to the wealthy, one of the biggest wealth inequality in the developed world.
On the topic of crime because far-right populists just can't help but lie - crime in the US is down and has been trending down for decades. People like Trump will claim the opposite, because they are liars and in order to form a populist message you have to appeal to emotions (see above).
It's easy to convince people something needs to be done when you cater to their sense of survival. Of course, it's just not true, blatantly. It's not misinformation or disinformation - it is dishonesty. The same is true for many European nations. You're free to look at crime statistics. But, more importantly than being dishonest, the horse begets the carriage. Why does removing brown people fix crime? What's the mechanism for that? Is it because you propose, by their blood, they are more susceptible to crime? Ah, and there comes the racism I mentioned earlier. With far-right populist ideology, it always comes, if you just give it a squeeze. I have no doubt now you will say no, that's not the reason why, but I don't really care.
And, on some other topics:
1. Healthcare is the most accessible it's ever been in the US takes to the ACA. The far-right wants to dismantle this. This isn't a matter up for debate either, so please don't bother.
2. Wealth inequality is high because of the far-right repeatedly failing to tax the rich and letting them engage in anti-competitive behavior. Under populist far-right leaders like Trump, the wealth inequality will only increase.