A healthy society should have: -A self-confident culture -A strong native birthrate -A steady & diverse inflow of immigrants -Thriving non-governmental institutions -Strong norms favoring linguistic, cultural & economic assimilation We used to call these ideas a "melting pot."
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The grandchildren of Mexican immigrants make ~35% less than the grandchildren of European immigrants. Based on the logic of your statement, you might as easily say that there's no reason why Mexico should be expected to be poorer than Ireland in 100 years.
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There’s even a wonderful book on that!https://www.russellsage.org/publications/italians-then-mexicans-now-0 …
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Michael Barone's The New Americans makes similar points: https://www.amazon.com/New-Americans-Melting-Work-Again/dp/1596980265/ref=nodl_ …
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