[Mother Russia]

(09-26-2015 08:46 PM)Sonsowey Wrote:  

(09-26-2015 08:20 PM)Foolsgo1d Wrote:  

I'll look forward to my Christmas holidays in the Middle East.

They impose their customs here, we do not impose our customs there.

Who is winning?

It is not as simple as that. If the ME was the dominant world power there would be more Christian migrants there, and thus their needs would be catered to. This actually happened centuries ago. Currently the west is the most prosperous and most advanced, thus people migrate there to partake in this prosperity.

Furthermore, western caucasian's, especially Europeans but soon also Americans, have birth rates far below the minimum required to sustain future generations, thus immigrants are needed to not only do lower tier blue collar work, but also ensure that the minimum level of kids are born to sustain the civilization, and to pay for the retirement packages of the elderly. When the kids of these immigrants grow up, they will be able to enjoy the perks of living and being citizens of a prosperous civilization. This is not a bad deal at all.

However certain problems arise when you let people in without any form of screening, resulting in people who cannot even speak the language for example, or have any type of skill set needed to sustain themselves, and then they are further marginalized when no effort is made by the governments to ensure they become productive members of society by education programs, training for certain job types, etc.

Another thing that matters is the amount of money, political power and authority wielded by an immigrant group. Jews in the US for example, make up a small percentage of the population but control and overwhelming number of businesses, media and political groups and candidates, thus their needs are catered to in lieu of their small physical demographic. Contrast that with say the Chinese, who have been in America for a long, long time, and are physically a larger demographic, but have always wielded little political or monetary power. (this is changing though, but mostly due to mainland China, not immigrants)