How do you balance that against demographic decline?
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And the US has never had a stable enthnic identity and the economic hardships that restricted immigration/falling population would run counter to the economic prosperity at the heart of the concept of the USA
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I'm not concerned with ethnic identity, but with how to maintain and value a shared story. A country with permanent mass immigration lives in a perpetual present with history falling over the horizon every generation or two.
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So is there an amount of immigration that still maintains the story but allows the dynamism immigration brings?
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What worked for us in the past was a generation-long rush of mass immigration followed by a generation-long break. But we no longer have a continent to fill and certainly don't need more people. Would love to see us gradually back the population down to 300 million or so.
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That immigration itself brought the dynamism, rather than that we had an empty continent and lots of opportunities, seems to me part of the religious belief. Postwar Japan, Germany since 1870, etc were plenty dynamic without immigration. Not convinced of causal link.
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Very interesting thoughts. Lots to think about. Now when are we getting another Martyrmade episode???
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Been traveling non stop for work for months. As soon as I get a week at home I'll record it.
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Thanks for the great conversation.
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True, however Canada seems to have been able to form an identity with high immigration.
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