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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Jan 19, 2018, 02:55 PM Jan 2018

Here's a Window into the Pro-Trump Propaganda Machine

Tucker Carlson's Thursday night segment on immigration should be studied.

BY JACK HOLMES
JAN 19, 2018

The rise of Donald Trump, American president, has encouraged people of a certain persuasion to say the quiet parts out loud. No need to really pretend anymore that you believe America is a nation of immigrants, open to anyone who will work hard and embrace the values of our society. No need to pretend that you want people to immigrate here, you just want them to "wait in line" and do so legally. After all, the president supports cutting legal immigration in half. There are still some customary head-fakes towards the old conservative line, but for the most part, Trump and his supporters feel empowered to attack even the most seemingly benign principles of a modern democratic society, like the value of "diversity."

In an astounding segment on Fox News Thursday night, Tucker Carlson spelled out the new line: the concept of America as a melting pot is a lie sold to you by politicians.



"Diversity is our strength: It's our new national motto," Carlson said disparagingly, "soon to replace the outdated and in fact polar opposite sentiment 'e pluribus unum' on our currency."

"E pluribus unum" means "out of many, one," and originally referred to the union of the 13 colonies. In the centuries since, however, it has also come to describe the population of America: people from every continent and country, every race, creed, and ethnicity, who come here and unite under our flag and the foundational principles of the United States: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of religion, equality before the law. (We often fall short of our principles in practice, but the history of America is a history of striving to get closer to them.) For some reason, though, Carlson seems to think that "unity" and "diversity" are diametrically opposed: that people who come from a variety of different cultures and backgrounds cannot agree on a shared set of principles under which to live in a society. Carlson says we don't have to all look alike or come from the same places, but the entire segment is constructed to suggest the opposite.

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Here's a Window into the Pro-Trump Propaganda Machine (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2018 OP
Funny thing, people "get" diversity when race is not the issue. Girard442 Jan 2018 #1
California -- 6th largest economy in the world! Sophia4 Jan 2018 #2

Girard442

(6,086 posts)
1. Funny thing, people "get" diversity when race is not the issue.
Fri Jan 19, 2018, 03:09 PM
Jan 2018

Imagine a hospital system that hires only doctors. Doctors act not only as doctors but also as nurses, orderlies, chaplains, social workers, clerical people, security, legal staff, cleaning people, building maintenance people, stationary engineers, etc., etc.

Ridiculous, right? But somehow these same people think that the country would be better off with everyone being one race and one culture.

 

Sophia4

(3,515 posts)
2. California -- 6th largest economy in the world!
Fri Jan 19, 2018, 03:31 PM
Jan 2018

We’re No. 6.

Riding the latest high-tech boom and an overall statewide surge, California has leapfrogged France and Brazil to become the world’s sixth-largest economy, according to figures released Tuesday by Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration.

Using data from the International Monetary Fund and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the state Department of Finance said California jumped ahead two spots in the annual rankings in 2015, up from No. 8 the year before.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article83780667.html#storylink=cpy

California is the most populous sub-national entity in North America. If it were an independent country, California would rank 34th in population in the world. It has a larger population than either Canada or Australia.[3] Its population is one third larger than that of the next largest state, Texas.[4] California surpassed New York to become the most populous state in 1962.[5] However, according to the Los Angeles Times, California's population growth has slowed dramatically in the 21st century.[6] In 2010, the state's five most populous counties were Los Angeles County, San Diego County, Orange County, Riverside County, and San Bernardino County, with Riverside County having the largest percentage increase in population.[7] The largest metro areas in California, as of 2010, are Los Angeles, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, San Diego, Riverside-San Bernardino, and Sacramento.[8] Fresno also has a metropolitan area of over one million residents.

As of 2006, California had an estimated population of 37,172,015, more than 12 percent of the U.S. population. This includes a natural increase since the last census of 1,557,112 people (that is 2,781,539 births minus 1,224,427 deaths) and an increase due to net migration of 751,419 people. Immigration resulted in a net increase of 1,415,879 people, and migration from within the U.S. produced a net decrease of 564,100 people. California is the 13th fastest-growing state. As of 2008, the total fertility rate was 2.15.[9] The most recent census reports the population of California is 39,144,818.

. . . .

No single ethnic group forms a majority of California's population, making the state a minority-majority state. Hispanics (of any race) are the largest single ethnic group in the state.[11] Spanish is the state's second most spoken language. Areas with especially large Spanish speaking populations include the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the California-Mexico border counties of San Diego and Imperial, and the San Joaquin Valley. Nearly 43% of California residents speak a language other than English at home, a proportion far higher than any other state.[12]

California is home to almost 25% of the country's undocumented population, making up 6% of California's residents overall. Two-thirds of California's undocumented population have lived in the state for more than 10 years.[13

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_California

Also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_California

Similarly, other large states, Texas, New York and Florida are home to many, many immigrants who are not European in origin.

The strength of our country is in its diversity. But if you live in Wyoming or Kentucky, you may not realize it.

Fox News??????

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