That has been the case since at least WWI, and arguably even the Mexican-American War. The continent was very sparsely populated, hence the need for large-scale immigration to build up an economic base, with occasional conflicts over land and/or the global power balance.
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Currently, great power conflicts have shifted to the border provinces (i.e. countries) of regional blocs due to greater global political consolidation and the nuclear umbrella. Meanwhile the economic base now mostly requires high-skilled immigrants. Same essential dynamics.
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not fair to put
@davidfrum image under this. he may be "Invade the world" but not an advocate for "invite the world". he should be respectedThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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As a longtime iSteve reader, I object to the now-frequent omission of "In Hock to the World." Free trade and deindustrialization, after all, had as much to do with The Trumpening as the other two.
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Terror attacks, which means we must invade the world even more to keep us safe here. All problems have one moderate solution: More invasions, more immigration.
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