.@mattyglesias's book is misguided because 1 billion Americans is already achieved
they're just not evenly distributed, and mostly not within US borders
if he wants even more americans he should focus overseas where we are very good at making americans at low unit cost
like so many things we have profitably outsourced the manufacture of americans
if he really cares about americans in america Proper he might instead propose that we make domestic americans more american, a laudable goal and one sorely unattended for the past decade
"no you cant be american that way americans have to be subject to the direct control of the US government" im sorry but if you find yourself leaning toward THAT argument your missing the entire goddamn point of America and you should go back and make out with the Queen
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i have seen a Lot of shit like this including from longtime mutuals and its pretty depressing
eyeballing it seems more common from first gen than second gen which suggests some combination of integration is working and newer immigrant waves are different (worse)
im reluctantly coming around to broad and aggressive immigration restrictions for a generation just to let the people already here integrate and for all this shit to settle out into a new ethnic detente because the status quo is just not working
i have to say i do not regularly interact with any business that exhibits greater nor more systematic contempt for its customers than does medicine
normal businesses: yes we would love to take your money. how can we help you
medicine: oh you probably have pneumonia? this 50yo battleaxe will menace you, lecture you about the proper procedure for scheduling. no she won't help you. no you can't do that here. get fucked lmao
i am going to sit, sick, in an empty lobby for 180min or more
there are three administrators at a desk doing nothing as far as i can tell
this entire industry needs to be cobalt nuked
praying for everyone with a healthcare degree to be summarily fired and replaced by robots