Great article Zork. Our problems are endemic, not exogenous, and we need to deal wtih our own society's leftist tilt before blaming all the problems on immigrants, which you right show are a symptom of the domestic problems we have created by electing leftist governments.
"I know several Central European immigrants who moved back because it makes more financial sense to them.
My Mexican step-granddaughter wanted to move here when she was a teenager but after finishing university, she decided that it will be better for her to stay in Mexico. Just a few months ago, I met a Mexican guy in his early thirties in Puerto Escondido who grew up in California as a child of illegal immigrants. He moved back to Mexico for the much greater opportunities there."
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I am an American citizen who is half Russian, and after having grown up in Russia and other European countries, I moved to the USA 6 years ago and am now planning my escape back to the other side of the world.
A lot of it has nothing to do with economics though. I have simply become too different and can no longer properly assimilate into the culture.
Completely understandable. I just had a friend move to Latvia for the same reason. Now the criminals are escaping to America whereas in the past it was criminals from America escaping to Mexico. Says a lot.
I have to warn you: once you became an immigrant, you will always be an immigrant.
I cannot imagine fitting in into the country I spent the first 27 years of my life.
Talking to old friends is as if nothing happened, some of the culture makes me feel very comfortable, but with all the knowledge and experience I gained by not being there would always make me feel lonely in some ways.
I watched a TED speech about the Blob Theory, a One World open border concept, very WEFian. Says it all. While the speaker and the audience thought it brilliant, I thought it extremely alarming. These Dumbass Globalist Looneys are a piece of work.
It sounds like the problem is rooted in too many causes, many are too deep, to have actual hope of a solution. And most importantly, many of these causes seem to be the lack of long term vision.
CAN all of these have actual solutions? Or is fighting what's happening the equivalent of not accepting the inherent flaws of human nature (more emotions driven than rational, the tendency for short term vision for the future, seeking instant gratification, and in the present: lack of wide focus and lack of understanding what the implications of one action do to the whole socioeconomic system) which will have a tendency to vote for politicians who cater to these flaws (or have them themselves)?
The answer is yes, there are solutions - in theory - but you know what my favorite philosopher Yogi Berra said:
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; in practice there is. "
The point I was trying to make is that we should always look for the root causes, otherwise we end up with piling on the existing problems with our knee-jerk reactions.
But your comment would deserve a full post response.......
Calgary is/was going through a water crisis because they didn't develop what was necessary to support all their housing. Its completely an immigration crisis. Can only get to Canada on a plane so government at fault.
I consider this linked second one ( suggesting radical solutions to political problems) more important than this post that applies ONE radical solution to ONE particular problem.
Could it be that people care a lot about immigration but little about radical solutions???
“What shall we do then? What shall we do with an aging population, in an economic slow-down with collapsing house prices, unsustainable debt, serious labour shortages, a crumbling infrastructure with no tax revenue to fix it and I could go on.
Shouldn’t we ask who are the real suckers in this game?”
Let the “modern world” collapse and every anti-God system of stupidity, bureaucracy, and greed should crumble. Then rebuild Christendom. Economic hardship is necessary to shift our society back to reality. Marriage is a necessity not a choice. Children are a necessity not a choice. Knowing thy neighbor is a necessity not an inconvenience. Owning land is the basis of a free people. Men must be personally skilled at maintaining their property. Music is made with real guitars not synth beats on a computer. Smoking weed will kill you in the wild. These realities must reassert themselves.
The West will recover stronger from a severe shock. Otherwise we will get weaker for centuries in a state of intentional gradual decline
Great article Zork. Our problems are endemic, not exogenous, and we need to deal wtih our own society's leftist tilt before blaming all the problems on immigrants, which you right show are a symptom of the domestic problems we have created by electing leftist governments.
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"I know several Central European immigrants who moved back because it makes more financial sense to them.
My Mexican step-granddaughter wanted to move here when she was a teenager but after finishing university, she decided that it will be better for her to stay in Mexico. Just a few months ago, I met a Mexican guy in his early thirties in Puerto Escondido who grew up in California as a child of illegal immigrants. He moved back to Mexico for the much greater opportunities there."
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I am an American citizen who is half Russian, and after having grown up in Russia and other European countries, I moved to the USA 6 years ago and am now planning my escape back to the other side of the world.
A lot of it has nothing to do with economics though. I have simply become too different and can no longer properly assimilate into the culture.
Completely understandable. I just had a friend move to Latvia for the same reason. Now the criminals are escaping to America whereas in the past it was criminals from America escaping to Mexico. Says a lot.
I have to warn you: once you became an immigrant, you will always be an immigrant.
I cannot imagine fitting in into the country I spent the first 27 years of my life.
Talking to old friends is as if nothing happened, some of the culture makes me feel very comfortable, but with all the knowledge and experience I gained by not being there would always make me feel lonely in some ways.
Excellent points sir.
I watched a TED speech about the Blob Theory, a One World open border concept, very WEFian. Says it all. While the speaker and the audience thought it brilliant, I thought it extremely alarming. These Dumbass Globalist Looneys are a piece of work.
Link??
please? 😉
I just finished a series of posts on the WEF
I watched it a few years ago. Search TED lectures and Blob Theory. Hope you find it. Let me know if you can’t and I’ll help.
Just to warn, I've heard some stuff about Nomad Capitalist and his business so just be careful mon ami.
It sounds like the problem is rooted in too many causes, many are too deep, to have actual hope of a solution. And most importantly, many of these causes seem to be the lack of long term vision.
CAN all of these have actual solutions? Or is fighting what's happening the equivalent of not accepting the inherent flaws of human nature (more emotions driven than rational, the tendency for short term vision for the future, seeking instant gratification, and in the present: lack of wide focus and lack of understanding what the implications of one action do to the whole socioeconomic system) which will have a tendency to vote for politicians who cater to these flaws (or have them themselves)?
The answer is yes, there are solutions - in theory - but you know what my favorite philosopher Yogi Berra said:
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; in practice there is. "
The point I was trying to make is that we should always look for the root causes, otherwise we end up with piling on the existing problems with our knee-jerk reactions.
But your comment would deserve a full post response.......
Calgary is/was going through a water crisis because they didn't develop what was necessary to support all their housing. Its completely an immigration crisis. Can only get to Canada on a plane so government at fault.
Baring volcanic long winter solar storms and/or nuclear war we got this 🕺
I find it genuinely puzzling why this post got so much traction while the one related to it got none:
https://zorkthehun.substack.com/p/in-politics-nothing-happens-by-accident
I consider this linked second one ( suggesting radical solutions to political problems) more important than this post that applies ONE radical solution to ONE particular problem.
Could it be that people care a lot about immigration but little about radical solutions???
“What shall we do then? What shall we do with an aging population, in an economic slow-down with collapsing house prices, unsustainable debt, serious labour shortages, a crumbling infrastructure with no tax revenue to fix it and I could go on.
Shouldn’t we ask who are the real suckers in this game?”
Let the “modern world” collapse and every anti-God system of stupidity, bureaucracy, and greed should crumble. Then rebuild Christendom. Economic hardship is necessary to shift our society back to reality. Marriage is a necessity not a choice. Children are a necessity not a choice. Knowing thy neighbor is a necessity not an inconvenience. Owning land is the basis of a free people. Men must be personally skilled at maintaining their property. Music is made with real guitars not synth beats on a computer. Smoking weed will kill you in the wild. These realities must reassert themselves.
The West will recover stronger from a severe shock. Otherwise we will get weaker for centuries in a state of intentional gradual decline
Absolutely, that is the source of my optimism. That is also why I was referring to Solzhenitsyn in https://zorkthehun.substack.com/p/a-lesson-from-the-russians
We need hardship to make us better.