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So, I've talked about immigration a little bit in my last episode
I don't know, I don't expect you to watch everything in order
I guarantee you most people won't
but that's okay because at the end of the day
I almost feel like a teacher in a certain respect
that every lecture I have builds upon the next one
but regardless, what I really want to talk about today is immigration
so, immigration is a hot button topic issue
Trump is the one who really made this a big issue with his desire to build the wall
I believe this problem really started under Bill Clinton
because pre-Bill Clinton there wasn't this level of illegal immigration in the country
and then you have people from the past whose drip-drip campaign of poison
has slowly weaseled its way into every facet of society
which that affects by extension immigration
in our understanding of it
so what I really want to do for you today is discuss
the differences between 1920s
and the 2020s when it comes to immigration
so, number one, I want to provide historical context to this discussion
two, we're going to discuss the immigrants back in the day compared to now
then we're going to talk about comparing the two
because really I'm sick of this argument
of people telling me that the immigrant of yesteryear is the same as the immigrant today
when the society is not the same
the immigrants are not the same
so therefore why would the immigration be the same?
we're going to talk about that
we're also going to talk about the personal narratives
and we're going to finally we're going to look towards
we're going to turn our gaze towards the future
our gaze should always be on the future
because the past only becomes the future
if we do not remember it and give it due respect
so without further ado let's jump in and let's discuss this topic at length
so, number one, historical context
so let's back up
let's turn the clock back to 1920
1920s were known as the roaring 20s
we were rolling in Dell
Wall Street was great
I believe that's also I think it's the same time period as the great Gatsby
if anybody read the great Gatsby high school
I believe that's the same time period
but the world was also reeling from the great war
also known as I believe it was world war one
the ruling from the great war
the Spanish flu had just ended
and the nations of the world were rebuilding
which means there was a lot of money to be found
so this period saw rise in the United States as a global power
as well as a destination for millions of people
who were looking for a better life
which I don't blame anybody for wanting to have a better life
but this wasn't just a hope
it was also about fear and control
the United States Congress during 1921 passed the Emergency Quota Act
and in 1924 they passed the Immigration Act of 1924
which dramatically limited the amount of immigrants that were allowed into the country
and they explicitly limited immigrants coming from southern and eastern Europe
now let's continue on the 1920s and then we're going to tie it into the modern day
so in 1920 or the 1920s in general
the immigrants came by steamboat
and they carried pretty much nothing but their hopes and dreams across the Atlantic Ocean
going mainly through Alice Island
and they were fleeing from war, poverty, and persecution
so familiar it's the same exact line that's used today in the 2020s
but they arrived mainly through Alice Island
and when they did they went through very rigorous inspections of themselves
the property, their health, everything
they didn't allow sick people in
you were sick, you were turned away
they did not allow people in who are just going to live on the dole
because there was no dole
there was no government assistance during that time
their stories of the immigrant stories of that time
were stales of resiliency and determination to build a better life for them and their children
they also were quite heartbreaking
as many of them were turned away due to very strict quotas
and health inspections that were done by the United States government
now I want to pause here for a second
you want to sit here and tell me that that's the same immigration policy of now
when we have people pouring over the border
with who are diseased, illiterate in their own languages and whatnot
and again back in the 1920s these were Europeans who came here who were turned away
and yet today we want to call people racists
for not allowing all the illegal aliens who are mostly Hispanic to come in here
they might want to read a history book because
they didn't just allow all the Europeans to come in here
but a lot of them were turned away
so why would it be racist to turn away people who are Hispanic
when it was done by the so-called evil white cracker back in the day
fast let's turn the clock forward to now
in the 2020s of modern day
the world is interconnected like we've never seen in human history
with the internet, with the ability to fly
we are very interally connected in a lot of different ways
so the modern immigrant usually arrives by plane obviously
and of course the motivations are about the same as those
of their counterparts a hundred years ago
a better life for them and their children
they want to come here and live with a better life
with little more than their hopes and their dreams
usually being smuggled in by the cartel and risking very high danger
of course we get that but I want to add another advocate here
the landscape is different
the 21st century has seen a rise in technology
when it comes to immigration processes
but here's the problem they claim that there's stricter border controls
than we've ever seen but yet for some reason
they're crawling out they're crawling over the border
they're just entering in like we've never seen in our lifetime
and yet for some reason I'm supposed to look the other way
and again this has nothing to do with them being Hispanic
or black or Asian or anything else
and it has everything to do with the fact that they're breaking the law
if this was 1920 and I was doing this show
I would be saying the same thing my message would not change
it has nothing to do with whether they're Europeans or not
and everything to do with the fact that they're escaping their country and
coming here and breaking the law
throughout history we've heard many stories of immigrants
who have come across both from Europe from Africa from Asia South America
let's look at a let's look at some of these stories from
there is there are many stories from Italian immigrants
back in the day to modern like Syrian Ukrainian
you refugees that we would see in the modern day both of them are fleeing
their country whether it be for war poverty
for coming to America with for dreams prosperity and opportunity
I have a sympathy for that the problem is there's one
big determining factor that is not being discussed back in the day in 1920
most of the immigrants that came here worked their fingers to the bone and
dropped dead at 50 working the coal mines working in the
factories working the fields versus now a lot of
the immigrants come in here to work the system
they have an anchor baby they get the public assistance through their baby and
then they live on the government toll now of course there are people who work
really hard who come here and those people I have sympathy for
they're actually coming here to work not just work the system and be a leech
if you think I'm making this up there is a there are many statistics out there
that point to the fact that more immigrants than ever before
are coming here to work less and collect more money from the
public safety nets I'm not making this up
they use a lot of them through their child number one
or because they're trying to get visas or because
they go get free medical care because of our socialized medicine
hospitals can't really turn people away and said what they'll do is they'll
raise the prices for the actual people who
can pay for it which is not the illegal alien who has
nothing
people want to bring in emotions to this conversation all too often and that's
what really gets my goat my friends because you can't bring an emotional
argument into a very logical physical discussion it just doesn't
work when you look at how many different
attitudes policies and experiences there are
that have evolved over the last century you cannot overlook the fact that
there's big money involved here there's big money and when there's
money to be made there are people who will try to do
everything they can to collect it and that is why from exploitation in the
factories the coal mines in the fields a hundred years ago now
there's exploitation on the welfare state
try to get a green card and oh lest i forget
the voter id laws by the politicians oh yeah
oh yeah you didn't know that most states don't have voter id
and if they do it's very very loose so you want to sit here and tell me that
the influx of illegal aliens and the growth of the democrat party
let's look at california millions of democrat voters
are registering in democrat california which just so happens to coincide with
the millions of illegal aliens that are coming in the country
and there's not a lot of republicans that are being registered in california
oh my it's um very peculiar isn't it
my friends you can call me whatever you want
i like to call myself a realist again this has nothing to do with them
being hispanic if you're going to try to use that to say
that i'm a racist get off my show i don't want you to leave and listen
to my show because you're going to lower the iq of everybody listening
but what is the future hold for these immigrants we face a lot of global
challenges i mean people want to talk about climate
change you know how much money is made from the green mafia both the united
nations and on other places when it comes to
climate change you have no idea we could literally go completely climate
neutral in the united states but it wouldn't make a
dent in actually helping the climate because of china and russia
but god go ahead keep keep pushing forward all this climate garbage
because it really hurts the environment because it makes people not care about
the real animals that are suffering the real habitats
that are being destroyed i have sympathy for that that's where my
money would go
other challenges we face would be like political unrest
and economic discrepancies disparities uh mass migrations of people due to
atrocities in certain areas of the world this is true but here's the problem
america is becoming more and more like the titanic
and we're sinking there's only so many lifeboats
and the problem is everybody wants a lifeboat and i don't blame them for that
but i don't think you realize just how much money
and how much power there is to be gained by importing
a group of people who are not very literate number one and who are
very influential when it comes to being told
basically said we'll give you money if you give us power
making a indirect transaction using public money
to fuel the welfare state to buy votes and on the count on the back end
importing people who don't know the history barely know the language
and are told that vote for the people who care about you
who are the people in the democrat party
my friends the republicans are not they're not as clean in the driven snow
when it comes to this because they're making a lot of money
all of housing them if you think it's just the democrats you're mistaken
but it is the democrat party in particular who is using them for their
own gain in the political arena while the republicans make it more in the
physical the physical the money arena but my friends what do you have to say
about immigration are you an immigrant first second generation do you see the
discrepancies between the 1920s and the 2020s that i wanted to highlight today
please let me know what you think in the comments let me know what you think
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think over there by hitting me up in the dms or replying to one of my various
tweets i pump out every day but my friends these are tough conversations
and i will continue to have them in the days months and years to come
because they must be had and i have the courage to do it my friends
my friends merry christmas god bless you god bless your families god bless
america let's enjoy this time of year let's not get bogged down by all the
garbage by the politics then whatnot let's really enjoy our
fellow man and attempt to do so in every avenue
peace