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America is Not a Melting Pot
America is Not a Melting Pot
By: Thomas Collins đť•Ź | 04/11/2024
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Today, many seem to assert that America is a “nation of immigrants” that ought to be open to people of all kinds from all over the world. As they claim, the United States was always intended to be a “melting pot” - a multicultural society that brings together a diverse group of people under a common set of “values.” However, this modern notion does not reflect the beliefs of those who established our nation, and it is not conducive to preserving it.
To discover the true purpose of the nations of the new world, we must first look all the way back to 1492. After having finally reconquered the Iberian peninsula from Muslim invaders, the Spanish people were experiencing a cultural revival. For the first time in centuries, Spain was solidified as a Christian, Spanish Kingdom once again. In the midst of this, a desire to spread Christendom and European Civilization emerged.
At first, the new world was seen as a place to expand this civilization abroad. When our founding fathers established the United States centuries later, they firmly held on to the belief that this nation ought to be settled by White Europeans. In fact, they voiced concerns over opening our borders to people from the third world. In 1790, James Madison opined that immigration ought to be restricted so that it may be “possible for the worthy part of mankind to come and settle amongst us.” He went on to state that those who do not add to the “strength or wealth of the community are not the people we are in want of.”
In 1802, Alexander Hamilton similarly wrote that “the safety of a republic depends essentially on the energy of a common national sentiment; on a uniformity of principles and habits; on the exemption of the citizens from foreign bias and prejudice; and on that love of country which will almost invariably be found to be closely connected with birth, education, and family.” Hamilton warned that “the United States have already felt the evils of incorporating a large number of foreigners into their national mass; by promoting in different classes different predilections in favor of particular foreign nations, and antipathies against others, it has served very much to divide the community and distract our councils. It has been often likely to compromise the interests of our own country in favor of another.” He believed that admitting too many foreigners will weaken the national spirit of this country and erode its social fabric. “To admit foreigners indiscriminately,” he wrote, “would be nothing less than to admit the Grecian horse into the citadel of our liberty and sovereignty.”
The views of the founders are in no ways different from the views of most other nations with respect to identity and immigration. In fact, one look at Israel’s immigration policy and you’ll see that many other countries are much more restrictive. But why is it that people tend to think this way? For one, as humans we are inherently tribal by nature - we tend to bond with those that share our own traits. Just as we tend to bond with our own families more than others, it is instinctive for us to bond with our own people more than it is to bond with foreigners. This sense of identity is not bad - in fact, it has been proven to foster high-trust societies, in which people feel a strong sense of connectedness with one another. This encourages a sense of pride in ourselves which leads to human flourishing. If this is acceptable in other nations such as Israel or Japan, it ought to be acceptable here too.
So why is it that some insist that the United States is a multicultural “melting pot” for all the world’s immigrants? The answer would take you back to the 19th and 20th centuries, when many foreigners, particularly Jews, began to migrate to the United States while fleeing persecution in their home nations. Many felt that nationalism was not conducive to their own flourishing as a group back in Europe. It was believed that a strong sense of white identity in America would not be in the best interests of these immigrants, and so many sought to do away with it here. In fact, the term “melting pot” was only first used to describe the United States in 1908 by Israel Zangwill, a playwright who immigrated to the United States.
As the “melting pot” mindset has consumed this nation, we have seen the dark road that it has taken us down. We now live in a low-trust society rampant with crime, social decay, and degeneracy. It often feels as though we have nothing that binds us together, and that we are spiraling towards a collapse. We currently live in a nation where one can no longer walk through many neighborhoods of big cities without the fear of being robbed or killed; where millions of people living here can’t speak English.
The answer is simple: we must restore a strong sense of European identity and remember that this nation belongs to us. We must believe, as the founders did, that we ought to exclude large numbers of foreigners who contribute little to our country. We must remember that the new world was always intended to be an outpost of European civilization and that attempts to dissuade us of this are psy-ops. It is with this mindset that we can excel as a nation and make America truly great again.
To discover the true purpose of the nations of the new world, we must first look all the way back to 1492. After having finally reconquered the Iberian peninsula from Muslim invaders, the Spanish people were experiencing a cultural revival. For the first time in centuries, Spain was solidified as a Christian, Spanish Kingdom once again. In the midst of this, a desire to spread Christendom and European Civilization emerged.
At first, the new world was seen as a place to expand this civilization abroad. When our founding fathers established the United States centuries later, they firmly held on to the belief that this nation ought to be settled by White Europeans. In fact, they voiced concerns over opening our borders to people from the third world. In 1790, James Madison opined that immigration ought to be restricted so that it may be “possible for the worthy part of mankind to come and settle amongst us.” He went on to state that those who do not add to the “strength or wealth of the community are not the people we are in want of.”
In 1802, Alexander Hamilton similarly wrote that “the safety of a republic depends essentially on the energy of a common national sentiment; on a uniformity of principles and habits; on the exemption of the citizens from foreign bias and prejudice; and on that love of country which will almost invariably be found to be closely connected with birth, education, and family.” Hamilton warned that “the United States have already felt the evils of incorporating a large number of foreigners into their national mass; by promoting in different classes different predilections in favor of particular foreign nations, and antipathies against others, it has served very much to divide the community and distract our councils. It has been often likely to compromise the interests of our own country in favor of another.” He believed that admitting too many foreigners will weaken the national spirit of this country and erode its social fabric. “To admit foreigners indiscriminately,” he wrote, “would be nothing less than to admit the Grecian horse into the citadel of our liberty and sovereignty.”
The views of the founders are in no ways different from the views of most other nations with respect to identity and immigration. In fact, one look at Israel’s immigration policy and you’ll see that many other countries are much more restrictive. But why is it that people tend to think this way? For one, as humans we are inherently tribal by nature - we tend to bond with those that share our own traits. Just as we tend to bond with our own families more than others, it is instinctive for us to bond with our own people more than it is to bond with foreigners. This sense of identity is not bad - in fact, it has been proven to foster high-trust societies, in which people feel a strong sense of connectedness with one another. This encourages a sense of pride in ourselves which leads to human flourishing. If this is acceptable in other nations such as Israel or Japan, it ought to be acceptable here too.
So why is it that some insist that the United States is a multicultural “melting pot” for all the world’s immigrants? The answer would take you back to the 19th and 20th centuries, when many foreigners, particularly Jews, began to migrate to the United States while fleeing persecution in their home nations. Many felt that nationalism was not conducive to their own flourishing as a group back in Europe. It was believed that a strong sense of white identity in America would not be in the best interests of these immigrants, and so many sought to do away with it here. In fact, the term “melting pot” was only first used to describe the United States in 1908 by Israel Zangwill, a playwright who immigrated to the United States.
As the “melting pot” mindset has consumed this nation, we have seen the dark road that it has taken us down. We now live in a low-trust society rampant with crime, social decay, and degeneracy. It often feels as though we have nothing that binds us together, and that we are spiraling towards a collapse. We currently live in a nation where one can no longer walk through many neighborhoods of big cities without the fear of being robbed or killed; where millions of people living here can’t speak English.
The answer is simple: we must restore a strong sense of European identity and remember that this nation belongs to us. We must believe, as the founders did, that we ought to exclude large numbers of foreigners who contribute little to our country. We must remember that the new world was always intended to be an outpost of European civilization and that attempts to dissuade us of this are psy-ops. It is with this mindset that we can excel as a nation and make America truly great again.