Yessir... now read the 2nd federalist paper

he clearly outlines the identity of America, and it goes beyond just an idea. let me see if i can pull out an excerpt real fast

here is a nice summary

"Jay continues that there is no longer a common consensus that America's prosperity depends on being firmly united. At the time of writing, some politicians (with increasing amount of supporters) argued that the country should not have a central government, and should instead exist as separate sovereign states. Jay's aim is to answer this argument. First, he contends that the country is already united in several natural ways. The geography of the beautiful land suggests that we remain a united people because the navigable streams and rivers, which encourage transportation and trade, connect the states. More importantly, he argues that the people worship the same God, come from the same land, speak the same language, have similar manners and customs, and believe in the same principles of government."

John Jay was onto something... the true identity of America that will unify us and keep our ideals intact for many generations

Jay was a little to into centralized government for me but that was the point of the Federalist papers to layout the positive argument for *even having* a federal government. As to the part you quoted I agree. Like I said the purpose of immigration is to *create new Americans* to assimilate them into that same language custom and manner.

This goes to a more fundamental question... of whether or not these migrants and etc... even WANT to do this

so should English be an official language?

let alone if they can... Honestly.. im not sure

and id say yes

if you believe in the idea of what america was founded to be, then english should be our national langauge

btw how many English people will i piss off with some Irish rebel songs

haha well not me cuz im partly irish

Northern Irish <:hyperthink:462282519883284480>

honestly not sure which part of ireland my ancestors come from

NornIrishh

Hence my concern about the *rate* at 600K (or 1M) integration can be successful. My gr. Granpaw nicht sprechen Engles. But given time and social pressure here I am and I love trucks motorcycles and guns as much as any other American and speak more Mexican and even Russian than I do German.

anyways found some civil war songs that I just are so catchy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkpk0-0cfVU

I think your concern is well-founded

The *legal* rate is entirely acceptable. That is not the problem.

See id disagree there personally

But I am more of an isolationist

It's actually lower my familly came over in the Gilded Age when the *legal* rate was higher.

Mainly because we have so many problems that need to be solved domestically

such as the issue of homelessness you all touched on earlier

perhaps there can be a day we open up the gates again... so to speak

ah yes when the Germans and Irish were the degenerates during those days, for some reason

but right now... we need to close them

https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/dfnfdx/trump_defends_abandoning_kurds_by_saying_they/

Glad to see America embarassing itself even more

Glad we left the kurds

okay he has to be meming this, like always

Funny how they've become the laughing stock

We have no business fighting conflicts for israel... as we have done for decades now already

The homelessness is not about migration it is about the mismanagement of leftist governors. You will not find many homeless immigrants.

@UnScottable
Israel is our best ally..

we've gotta stick up for our allies

Well.... see you'd think that

But I just feel israel has sort of tricked us into putting their needs first.. rather then our own

But the Holocaust dude..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG5oADen3hI speaking of Cali, please get this woman on whatever city office she is going for