One common denominator that explains why previously successful societies implode is their descent into fantasies. A collective denial prevents even discussion of existential threats and their solutions.
Something like that is happening in the United States. Eight million illegal immigrants have entered the United States by the deliberate erasure of the southern border.
I worked immigration enforcement (USCG) for over twenty years, and the figure of 8 million is WAAAAAY short IMO. I'd put it at easily over twenty, if not closer to thirty.
ReplyDeleteThey're letting them in to be "replacement" voters for the aging Boomers.
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