"The good old days
--they were terrible!
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--Otto Bettmann
@chellivia @PessimistsArc @isaboemeke @sapinker @Vandamirhttps://twitter.com/sapinker/status/705218012115300352 …
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@sapinker I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that we have an army of 10 year old slaves in the 3rd world doing half our labor.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@washingtonpost Point well taken. But if the standard is that we are now better off than Cro-Magnon, it's time for introspection.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker but improvements in the last 30 years economically are much less in the USThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker not better than cro-mag Prof Hagen, better than 1915. That's all. Getting better. Room to improve. But let's keep perspective.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@washingtonpost All 3 factors absent / opposite now, a combination making absorption much harder if not impossible.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@washingtonpost Yes we absorbed 1915 immigrants, but their being European, told to assimilate, & influx halted in 1924 all crucial -
@LeoOD3@sapinker@washingtonpost I'd like to know more about the part where they were told to assimilate. It was that organized? -
@denarced@sapinker@washingtonpost Public schools, charities, overall culture etc then confident, unapologetic. Inculcated our ways.
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