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We need to keep in mind that this debate is long overdue, because Trump never promised to rein in legal immigration. His focus was on the criminals. Desantis was better on the big picture, but he lacked mojo.
I've been saying for months that the right needs to make arguments against mass immigration in general, and those arguments cannot …
We need to keep in mind that this debate is long overdue, because Trump never promised to rein in legal immigration. His focus was on the criminals. Desantis was better on the big picture, but he lacked mojo.
I've been saying for months that the right needs to make arguments against mass immigration in general, and those arguments cannot just be culture compatibility issues, as the center will just hear racism.
I've put together a list of other arguments here: https://rulesforreactionaries.substack.com/p/the-h-1b-question
Exactly so. The dissident right, the extremist core of MAGA shock troops, has been arguing against mass immigration for many years. This is now a mainstream talking point, which is a huge victory in itself.
One might call it Buchanan and Coulter's revenge.
'Mass immigration' is still playing into the Immigration Narrative. We need Zero Immigration Forever and Total Repatriation of Non-White Immigrants. Anything else will simply further the goal of demographic dispossession of Whites in North America.
Race-mixing is the only non-negotiable 'value' that liberals of all forms (including 'conservatives' and 'populists') agree on.
So that's the joint that needs to be cut.
Unless you have Bond Villain capabilities, you position is not viable. You will be as effective as the Libertarian Party -- celebrating over 50 years of failure.
Gotta change the mind of the median voter and then some. Yes, there are people open to your position, but not enough. Need to widen the coalition. That's what my link above is about. And my winning compromise proposal is not far from what Musk backed down to. We can build on that.