The various Chinatowns across the U.S. are basically a Chinese veneer atop an American-leaning core.

The han chinese are expanding in absolute terms

Melting pot > tossed salad.

Social and economic freedom is rather subversive, to say the least.

It is subversive all on its own.

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Indeed. Especially toward authoritarian cultures.

Indeed.

That's why it's worked for so long, despite all attempts to kill it off.

That's why every religion has been decimated in the face of secularism.

Even Christianity couldn't survive in the U.S.

Yep. The only way Islam can win in the end, is if they kill everyone—even themselves.

And by 2050, they'll only represent about 2.5% of the U.S. population.

So, good luck. 😉

The west has to hold the line. We have to teach the newcomers and the new generations the values that got us to such lofty heights.

And that's based on Obama-era, laxed immigration policy.

And we must be willing to defend those ideals to the bitter end.

I imagine the new statistical calculations have a much lower projection with Trump's policies.

Indeed, GD.

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We may and probably will disagree a lot on how to interpret and implement western liberal democracy. But at the end of the day, we both support it and want to see it succeed.

Of course.

This is why we must refrain from irrationality, instead pursuing reflective and thoughtful deliberations on our common concerns in a civilized manner.

Sabotage will go nowhere.

Agreed.

A small, temporary victory is hardly worth dismantling the entire infrastructure.

This applies to politics just as much as military action.

And this will require the entire political spectrum to open themselves up to dialogue with one another, addressing the concerns they may find themselves initially repulsed by.

(But tell that to the Democrats!)

Indeed.

Impeachment as a political weapon was a bad idea in 1868, it's a bad idea in current year.

The irony being impeachment or not, the outcome will be the same.

Indeed.

I do not want a liberal democracy to succeed

The reason we must shake off foreign interference in our politics.

Why is that, Leo?

Obvious bait is obvious.

Indeed.

How is that bait?

Being racially subsumed is not a good modus operandi

Well, GD, some people come from nations who require centralized economic and social planning abroad, so their governments can benefit from the manipulation of oil supply.