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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really don't think this is a difficult analysis. A strong social safety net including universal healthcare and a guaranteed pension, plus strong worker's rights including guaranteed sick leave, vacation leave, parental leave, etc. And generally high government standards against corruption couple with a belief that government is in existence to work for the people.

Homogeneity definitely helps, but the issue with immigrants isn't just that they look different. It's that many of them don't want to assimilate and embrace the culture of their adopted country. [/quote]

It's funny how Americans are so quick to jump to "they don't want to assimilate and embrace the culture of their adopted country" while forgetting that they probably have an immigrant Italian nonna who came to America at 20 years old yet went to the grave at 80 still barely speaking a lick of English.  They forget that in the 1920s most of the major cities in America had newspapers that were published in German, or Italian, or Polish, or a number of other languages, reflecting the language and culture of the immigrants.   Assimilation doesn't happen overnight.  It didn't for your own ancestors, either.[/quote]

Not really.  Very few immigrants in the early 20th century failed to learn at least spoken English.   Relatively few passed their native tongue to the next generation.[/quote]

My German ancestors spoke German here in the states for 3 generations. Gave it up because of anti-German sentiment during WWI. [/quote]

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