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[periluna]

You know what makes me mad?  When American-born Citizens use citizenship as a way to delineate the “good” immigrants from the “bad” immigrants.  Imagine a man born in Columbia who came to America on a Work Visa 7 years ago and found work with a construction company.  One day he’s a shameful burden on society, taking good jobs away from deserving

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[horatiocain]

Hell yeah!

I tried to think of more to buttress this, but this is really the core of it, and what the rest stems from. Any number of political or economic rationalizations can be found, if one is of the idea that some people *just aren't deserving enough* of what some people were fortunate enough to have from birth.

Thanks for a good post.

[periluna]

I love that we got all riled up about this and had a two hour conversation about everything wrong with the world... and in the end decided not to spend money on Saturdays...hahaha go us, that makes plenty of sense.

B-rad says:

[anonymous]

Nation - "When successfully implemented, this implies that the citizens share a common language, culture, and values"

Empire - "Monarchy ruled by a King, Emperor, or Sultan. The population belonged to many ethnic groups, and they spoke many languages. The empire was dominated by one ethnic group, and their language was usually the language of public administration. The ruling dynasty was usually, but not always, from that group."

Which would you call the U.S.? Either way, lets not forget either of these concepts are barely blips on the map of human history. Blips, in this Age of Information, that can be quickly left in the past in my opinion. Globalization is inevitable. We should do our best to make it a cultural renaissance, instead of an imperialist nightmare.

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[periluna]

Haha awesome, I love it!