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On 2022 February 24, the Russian military invaded Ukraine and began ruthlessly killing Ukrainians. By March 11, "34 hospitals, 202 schools, and more than 1,500 residential buildings have been destroyed. Around two million people have fled to Eastern Europe — mostly women, children and the elderly. At least 500 civilians are dead, with hundreds more injured, and thousands hiding in underground bunkers because Russian forces fire indiscriminately, even — or perhaps especially — in the so-called 'humanitarian corridors'." <a href="#20220315_note1">[1]</a>
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A typical example of the Russian brutality is the bombing of a maternity hospital in Mariupol. <a href="#20220315_note2">[2]</a> The blast fatally injured a pregnant woman. "Surgeon Timur Marin found the woman's pelvis crushed and hip detached. Medics delivered the baby via caesarean section, but it showed 'no signs of life', the surgeon said. They then began work on the mother. 'More than 30 minutes of resuscitation of the mother didn't produce results,' Mr Marin said on Saturday. 'Both died.'" <a href="#20220315_note3">[3]</a>
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Despite this carnage, both the Chinese and the Indians support the Russians and refused to vote for a resolution (at the United Nations) which demands that the Russian military exit Ukraine. <a href="#20220315_note4">[4]</a>
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The Chinese intend to provide economic and military aid to Russia so that its military operation can continue unabated in Ukraine. "The US has told allies that China signalled its willingness to provide military assistance after Russia requested equipment including surface-to-air missiles to support its invasion of Ukraine, according to officials familiar with American diplomatic cables on the exchange." <a href="#20220315_note5">[5]</a>
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The Indians will help the Russians to evade the economic sanctions enacted by Western govenment to punish the Russians for their invading Ukraine. "Indian officials said last week that they may even help Russia find workarounds for the new sanctions by setting up rupee accounts to continue trade with Moscow, similar to what it did after the annexation of Crimea." <a href="#20220315_note6">[6]</a>
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In other words, the cruelty of Chinese and Indians is exceeded by only the savagery of Africans and Hispanics.
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<a name="20220315_note1">1</a>. David Patrikarakos, "<a href=https://unherd.com/2022/03/the-west-must-make-putin-pay/>The West must make Putin pay</a>", <a href=https://unherd.com/>UnHerd</a>, 2022 March 11.
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<a name="20220315_note2">2</a>. "<a href=https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/03/13/the-dire-fate-of-mariupol-is-a-warning-to-other-ukrainian-cities>Egregious sieges: The dire fate of Mariupol is a warning to other Ukrainian cities</a>", <a href=https://www.economist.com/>The Economist</a>, 2022 March 13.
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<a name="20220315_note3">3</a>. Dan Sales, "<a href=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10610053/Pregnant-woman-baby-die-Russian-bombing-maternity-ward.html>Pregnant woman and her baby die after Ukraine hospital bombing: Mother-to-be in image that shocked the world begged doctors 'kill me now' as she realized child would not survive and medics battled to save her</a>", <a href=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/>Daily Mail</a>, 2022 March 14.
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<a name="20220315_note4">4</a>. "<a href=https://www.economist.com/china/2022/03/12/xi-jinping-places-a-bet-on-russia>Mr Xi places a bet on Russia</a>", <a href=https://www.economist.com/>The Economist</a>, 2022 March 12.
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<a name="20220315_note5">5</a>. Demetri Sevastopulo, "<a href=https://www.ft.com/content/52ea7aab-f8d1-46b6-9d66-18545c5ef9b9>US tells allies China signalled openness to providing Russia with military support</a>", <a href=https://www.ft.com/>Financial Times</a>, 2022 March 14.
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<a name="20220315_note6">6</a>. Sui-Lee Wee, Emily Schmall, and Sameer Yasir, "<a href=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/world/asia/asia-russia-ukraine-war.html>‘We Are on Our Side’: Across Asia, a Mixed Reaction to Ukraine War</a>", <a href=https://www.nytimes.com/>The New York Times</a>, 2022 March 2.
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(If you encounter a problem upon clicking any Web link related to Tucker Carlson Tonight, then please copy the link into the address bar of the browser and open the new Web page in a separate tab.)
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Tucker Carlson is the host of <a href=https://www.foxnews.com/shows/tucker-carlson-tonight>Tucker Carlson Tonight</a>. During the <a href=https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-joe-biden-revealed-why-supports-illegal-immigration-2015-change-the-country>broadcast</a> on 2021 September 22, Carlson noted the flood of Haitians into the United States. On previous nights, he reported on the flood of Hispanics.
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He has wondered aloud why the presidential administration of Joe Biden has maintained open borders in order to flood the country with people who reject Western culture. He finally determined an explanation and presented it in the form of a quote that Biden himself uttered as Vice President in 2015.
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Here is the quote.
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An unrelenting stream of immigration. Nonstop, nonstop. Folks like me who are Caucasian, of European descent, for the first time in 2017 we'll be an absolute minority in the United States of America. Absolute minority. Fewer than 50% of the people in America from then and on will be white European stock. That's not a bad thing. That's a source of our strength.
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In other words, he wants to make Africans, Hispanics, South Asians, and other non-Europeans the dominant majority in the United States. He wants to put European-Americans at the mercy of people who reject Western culture and who, consequuently, destroyed the societies in their own native lands before fleeing to the United States. He implicitly wants to do the same to the East-Asian-Americans who have assimilated into Western culture.
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Open borders has already changed the political landscape in California. "[Hispanics] are the largest ethnic group [at 40% of residents] in the state and make up roughly 30 percent of registered voters. They have propelled Democratic victories in California for decades, helping the party win supermajorities in both houses of the State Legislature, where Latino senators and Assembly members hold powerful positions and pass some of the most immigrant-friendly legislation in the country." <a href="#20210924_note3">[3]</a> Hispanics use the power of government to give themselves preferential treatment in education, employment, and immigration. Such treatement is gross discrimination against Europeans.
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An ominous omen of injustices to come is the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021. <a href="#20210924_note1">[1]</a> The ARPA includes a provision to pay off the loans either provided or guaranteed by the United States Department of Agriculture. This debt relief is for 120% of the value of the indebtedness.
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The ARPA restricts this financial assistance to farmers who are African, Hispanic, Asian, or Native American. In other words, the
ARPA excludes European-American farmers from this debt relief.
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Raphael Warnock, an African sentaor from Georgia, sponsored this anti-European provision in the ARPA. <a href="#20210924_note2">[2]</a> Representing the values of Martin Luther King, Warnock expressed pride at hurting European-Americans. All Africans and Hispanics in the Democratic Party voted for ARPA.
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During the <a href=https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-covid-race>broadcast</a> of Tucker Carlson Tonight on 2022 January 10, Carlson reported that, after Joe Biden won the presidential race in 2020, both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took steps to give Hispanics, Africans, and other non-Europeans priority for lifesaving vaccines and other medical treatment. The intent is to harm European-Americans in retaliation for discrimination practiced by other European-Americans in prior centuries.
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The weekly tracking <a href=https://www.economist.com/president-joe-biden-polls>poll</a> by The Economist shows that Hispanics have supported Biden and his anti-European policies for the entire duration of his presidency to date. Africans have also supported Biden for the entire duration.
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<a name="20210924_note1">1</a>. "<a href=https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2021/03/american-rescue-plan-and-agriculture-measure-includes-billions-in-aid-for-disadvantaged-farmers/>American Rescue Plan and Agriculture, Measure Includes Billions
in Aid for Disadvantaged Farmers</a>", Farm Policy News, University of
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<a name="20210924_note2">2</a>. "<a href=https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/559586-racial-reparations-at-the-usda>Racial reparations at the USDA</a>", The Hill, 2021 June 22.
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<a name="20210924_note3">3</a>. "<a href=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/us/latinos-california-recall-election.html>Latinos Shape California. Why Are So Many Sitting Out the Recall?</a>", New York Times, 2021 September 7.
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4. William H. Frey, "The Avenue: <a href=https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2018/03/14/the-us-will-become-minority-white-in-2045-census-projects/>The US will become ‘minority white’ in 2045, Census projects</a>", Brookings Institution, 2018 March 14.
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5. 4. Larry Sand, "Eye on the News: <a href=https://www.city-journal.org/california-public-schools-are-failing?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Organic_Social>California, There We Went</a>", City Journal, Manhattan Institute, 2022 April 7.
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If Joe Biden wins the election, he will assume office at the age of 78. During his term, as the oldest person to become president, he may succumb to infirmity or, worse, the coronavirus, and Kamala Harris would ascend to the presidency.
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How would President Harris govern?
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1. She would use every opportunity to highlight African or Hispanic victimhood.
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On January 29, 2019, Jussie Smollett told police that 2 supporters of Donald Trump had assaulted him. Because Smollett is African, Harris did not wait for the outcome of the police investigation and promptly declared that the alleged incident is an "attempted modern-day lynching".
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Later, the investigation determined that Smollet had paid 2 friends to stage the attack. It was a hoax. <a href="#20201110_note1">[1]</a> <a href="#20201110_note2">[2]</a>
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2. She would maintain or expand affirmative action and other forms of preferential treatment for Africans and Hispanics.
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On November 4, 2015, Harris filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court to persuade the Justices to rule against Abigail Fisher in her attempt to terminate affirmative action at the University of Texas. <a href="#20201110_note3">[3]</a>
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Also, Harris supports a recent Californian bill (which her political ally, Governor Gavin Newsom, signed into law on September 30, 2020) that specifies a quota for Africans and HIspanics on the boards of directors for companies headquartered in California. <a href="#20201110_note4">[4]</a>
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Harris supports Proportion 16 (on the 2020 ballot in California), which allows preferential treatment for Africans and Hispanics in public hiring, contracting, and college admissions. <a href="#20201110_note5">[5]</a>
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3. She would maintain "open borders".
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At a confirmation hearing on November 15, 2018, Harris asserted that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has the same operating principle as the Ku Klux Klan. She insinuated that attempts to enforce the border are tantamount to terrorizing Africans and Hispanics. <a href="#20201110_note6">[6]</a>
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4. She would use government mandates to curtail civil liberties.
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On July 4, 2019, Harris declared support for federally mandated busing. It violates the right of your child to freedom of association with the school of his or your choosing. <a href="#20201110_note7">[7]</a>
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Further, Harris supports using draconian lockdowns (like that imposed by Governor Gavin Newsom) to combat the coronavirus. Lockdowns curtail civil liberties by forcing citizens to shutdown private businesses, by mandating the use of masks, etc. <a href="#20201110_note8">[8]</a>
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5. She would shift responsibility from the individual to the government.
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Harris claims that 215,000 Americans succumbed to the coronavirus due to the incompetence of the presidential administration. She specifically accuses Donald Trump of causing those deaths.
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Yet, an effective response to the coronavirus primarily depends on the proper behavior of ordinary Americans, not politicians. Each individual must take responsibility to act responsibly; it cannot be transferred to the government.
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The impact of Harris' governance would be transforming the United States into a country that is inhospitable for European-Americans and assimilated East-Asian-Americans. Europeans would shoulder all the blame for the underperformance of Africans and Hispanics. The presidential administration would directly or indirectly (via affirmative action) transfer resources from Europeans and East Asians to Africans and Hispanics to compensate for their underperformance. The "open borders" would facilitate swelling the ranks of underperforming ethnicities or races.
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All the while, President Harris would claim that the underperformance of Africans and Hispanics is not due to their misbehavior but is due to the government's not doing enough for them.
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As Senator, Harris has used that claim to explain away the fact that Africans and Hispanics constitute a disproportionately large percentage of coronavirus deaths. The situation in Japan proves that her claim is false. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe did little more than President Donald Trump in combating the coronavirus, yet the Japanese death rate due to the coronavirus is only about 2% of the American rate (where rate is death count divided by the population count). As of October 13, only about 1,631 Japanese have succumbed to the coronavirus. The excellent personal hygiene and courteousness (like covering nose and mouth during a cough) of the ordinary Japanese greatly inhibited the spread of the coronavirus to vulnerable groups like the elderly.
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Under the leadership of President Harris, the United States would degenerate into a nation like Malaysia or Mexico. As a European-American or East-Asian-American parent, do you want your children to live in the kind of country that Donald Trump describes as a "shithole"?
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The choice in the 2020 election is between President Kamala Harris (replacing an ailing President Joe Biden) and President Donald Trump. You may be tempted to support Harris because Trump has an extremely boorish personality. Yet, despite his faults, Trump has tried to ensure that American society is hospitable for you and your children.
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Before you cast your vote, ask yourself, "Do I love my children more than I hate Trump's personality?" If the answer is "yes", then hold your nose and choose Trump for the sake of your children.
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<a name="20201110_note1">1</a>. Jennifer Earl, "<a href=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/kamala-harris-on-jussie-smollett-charges-being-dropped-im-completely-confused>Kamala Harris on Jussie Smollett charges being dropped: 'I'm completely confused'</a>", Fox News, 2019 March 27.
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<a name="20201110_note2">2</a>. Paul Best, "<a href=http://www.foxnews.com/us/flashback-kamala-harris-jussie-smollett-an-attempted-modern-day-lynching>Flashback: Kamala Harris once called Jussie Smollett's claims of an attack an 'attempted modern day lynching'</a>", Fox News, 2020 Auguest 11.
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<a name="20201110_note3">3</a>. "<a href=https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-kamala-d-harris-files-brief-us-supreme-court-affirmative-action>Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Files Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Affirmative Action Case, Fisher v. University of Texas></a>", State of California Department of Justice, 2015 November 4.
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<a name="20201110_note5">5</a>. Michael R Blood, "<a href=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Election-could-move-California-further-left-on-15692063.php>Election could move California further left on taxes, race</a>", Associated Press. 2020 September 30.
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<a name="20201110_note6">6</a>. Adam Shaw, "<a href=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kamala-harris-ice-kkk-senate-hearing>Flashback: Kamala Harris compared ICE to KKK in Senate hearing</a>", Fox News, 2020 August 11.
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<a name="20201110_note7">7</a>. Matt Stevens, "<a href=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/us/politics/kamala-harris-biden-busing.html>When Kamala Harris and Joe Biden Clashed on Busing and Segregation</a>", New York Times, 2019 July 31.
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<a name="20201110_note8">8</a>. Matt Stevens, "<a href=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/us/elections/harris-said-nobodys-going-to-be-punished-for-violating-proposed-mask-mandate.html>Harris said 'nobody's going to be punished’ for violating proposed mask mandate.</a>", New York Times, 2020 August 28.
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According to a <a href=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/07/japan-shinzo-abe-declares-state-of-emergency-over-coronavirus>report</a> by The Guardian, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan declared a state of emergency on April 7 in order to combat the coronavirus. The declaration applies to Tokyo and six other prefectures: Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama, Osaka, Hyogo, and Fukuoka. "The declaration will give prefectural governors the authority to call on people to stay at home and for non-essential businesses to close, but will stop some way short of the stricter lockdowns in the US and parts of Europe. Japan's government does not have the legal authority to enforce a France-style lockdown with fines and other penalties."
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According to a <a href=https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/06/827894221/japans-abe-says-he-will-declare-state-of-emergency-as-coronavirus-cases-surge>report</a> by NPR, "The declaration, which falls under a law revised just last month in response to the pandemic, would allow governors of hard-hit prefectures to issue stay-at-home directives to contain the spread of the potentially deadly disease. Even so, Japanese law specifies no punishment for those who do not comply and does not grant the authority to ban business activity. Without the threat of coercion to back it up, the declaration of an emergency would rely on voluntary compliance."
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According to a <a href=https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Tokyo-s-bars-and-restaurants-stay-open-despite-coronavirus-curbs>report</a> by Nikkei Asian Review, the government of Tokyo prefecture will not request the closure of a wide range of businesses, including "restaurants and izakaya pubs". In an <a href=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/19/world/asia/tokyo-japan-coronavirus.html>essay</a> published by the New York Times, Motoko Rich confirms that "restaurants and bars may stay open until 8 p.m."
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In other words, the Japanese strategy for handling the coronavirus pandemic resembles the Swedish strategy. The trust strategy in Japan and Sweden protects civil liberties.
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According to a <a href=https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/16/835925031/japans-declares-nationwide-state-of-emergency-as-coronavirus-spreads>report</a> by NPR, Abe expanded the state of emergency to the entire nation on April 16. According to a <a href=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/04/japan-to-extend-state-of-emergency-covid-19-amid-fears-second-wave-could-cripple-tokyo-hospitals>report</a> by The Guardian and a <a href=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/japans-abe-extends-state-of-emergency-to-may-31-idUSKBN22G05T>report</a> by Reuters, Abe on May 4 extended the state of emergency to May 31.
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Because the Japanese strategy has greatly slowed the spread of the coronavirus, Abe lifted the state of emergency across most of Japan on May 14, according to a <a href=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52658551>report</a> by the BBC.
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How effective is the Japanese strategy? As of September 1 (09:22 GMT), <a href=https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/japan/>1279</a> of 126.5 million Japanese succumbed to the coronavirus, and <A href=https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/>187,737</a> of 328.2 million Americans died from it. The Japanese death rate of 10.11 deaths per million people is about 2% of the American rate of 572.02 deaths per million.
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Could the low number of Japanese deaths be the result of undercounting the actual number?
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According to a <a href=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-12/tokyo-mortality-tally-shows-no-surge-in-deaths-during-pandemic>report</a> by Bloomberg News, "Tokyo has not seen an increase in overall deaths during the coronavirus outbreak, boosting Japanese officials' assertions that they have largely kept infections under control despite criticism over the limited scope of its testing." The lack of excess mortality confirms that the 777 deaths are not an undercount of the actual number of deaths caused by the coronavirus. (In an <a href=https://www.tokyoreview.net/2020/05/time-to-give-japan-credit-for-its-covid-19-response/>essay</a> published by Torkyo Review, Rob Fahey and Paul Nadeau observed that "excess mortality and hospital capacity data seems to confirm the low [coronavirus] death rate [in Japan].")
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What is the principal contributing factor to the success of the trust strategy in Japan?
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In an <a href=https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3085492/coronavirus-japan-shows-our-faith-lockdowns-and-working-home>essay</a> published by South China Morning Post, Neil Newman suggests that superior personal hygiene hindered the spread of the coronavirus in Japan. "In Japanese homes, shoes come off at the front door, hands are washed, throats are gargled and it is not uncommon to give groceries a wipe before putting anything in the fridge."
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In an <a href=https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/05/14/japan-coronavirus-pandemic-lockdown-testing/>essay</a> published by Foreign Policy, William Sposato gives the same explanation. "In general, however, Japan's culture of concern for others, keeping a distance, avoiding handshakes, and good personal hygiene appears to have played a significant, if difficult to measure, part in the low numbers."
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In other words, the principal contributing factor is the culture of the nation. The strict immigration laws in Japan have maintained a single dominant culture that has high quality. Japanese culture has greatly helped to slow the spread of the coronavirus to vulnerable segments (like elderly people) of the population.
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By contrast, the multicultural diversity of the United States (with its millions of Hispanic illegal aliens) has facilitated the coronavirus' killing a relatively large percentage of Americans. For the last several decades, most Americans of non-European ancestry have claimed that multicultural diversification (which is mostly synonymous with ethnic, racial, and gender diversification) makes organizations and processes more creative and productive. Treating this claim as a "truth" of life, politicians, bureaucrats, and administrators have applied multicultural diversification to all organizations and processes in the United States. The end result is organizations and processes that failed to appropriately handle the coronavirus, leading to a relatively high rate of death. The impact of the coronavirus has proven that multicultural diversification is a liability, not an asset, for American society.
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<a name="20200522_note3">3</a>. According to a <a href=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-22/did-japan-just-beat-the-virus-without-lockdowns-or-mass-testing>report</a> by Bloomberg News, "No restrictions were placed on residents' movements, and businesses from restaurants to hairdressers stayed open. No high-tech apps that tracked people's movements were deployed. The country doesn't have a center for disease control. And even as nations were exhorted to 'test, test, test,' Japan has tested just 0.2% of its population — one of the lowest rates among developed countries." In other words, the Japanese used the Swedish strategy to successfully combat the coronavirus.
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The man who is being interviewed in the above photo is Dr. Anders Tegnell, the chief epidemiologist at the Public Health Agency (PHA) in Sweden. He devised its national strategy for handling the coronavirus (COVID-19). According to an <a href=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/sweden/2020-05-12/swedens-coronavirus-strategy-will-soon-be-worlds>essay</a> published by Foreign Affairs, "Rather than declare a lockdown or a state of emergency, Sweden asked its citizens to practice social distancing on a mostly voluntary basis. Swedish authorities imposed some restrictions designed to flatten the curve: no public gatherings of more than 50 people, no bar service, distance learning in high schools and universities, and so on. But they eschewed harsh controls, fines, and policing." The strategy relies on the intelligence and responsible behavior of the Swedes.
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In other words, the strategy relies on trust between the government and the citizens. The government trusts the citizens to act responsibly, and the latter trusts the government to make sound recommendations based on science.
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An alternative to the trust strategy is the authoritarian strategy deployed by the Chinese government and the Californian government. Both governments use the police to shutdown their economies, to enforce social distancing, etc.
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By contrast, the Swedish government (under Prime Minister Stefan Löfven) allowed its economy to operate mostly normally. According got a <a href=https://www.economist.com/europe/2020/05/16/is-swedens-approach-to-covid-19-wise-or-reckless>report</a> by The Economist, "Swedes largely approve of their country's approach, with two-thirds saying in polls that the government is handling the epidemic well." Also, according to a <a href=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2020/0427/With-science-and-shared-values-Sweden-charts-own-pandemic-course>report</a> by The Christian Science Monitor, the health agencies in both Denmark and Finland recommended the trust strategy, but the Danish and Finnish governments chose the authoritarian strategy.
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In an <a href=https://ijnet.org/en/story/key-quotes-sweden%E2%80%99s-top-epidemiologist-challenges-conventional-wisdom-covid-19>interview</a> with Joyce Barnathan of the International Center for Journalists and an <a href=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Biqq34aUJcQ>interview</a> with Stephen Sackur of HARDtalk (which is produced by BBC World News), Dr. Tegnell explains aspects of the trust strategy.
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The previous chief epidemiologist at the PHA is Dr. Johan Giesecke. He had hired Dr. Tegnell. In an <a href=https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/05/01/is-swedens-covid-19-approach-the-right-one-what-1-expert-thinks/>interview</a> published by UnHerd, Dr. Giesecke provides additional details about the Swedish strategy.
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How effective is the trust strategy? As of September 1 (09:22 GMT), <a href=https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/sweden/>5,808</a> of 10.23 million Swedes succumbed to the coronavirus, and <A href=https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/>187,737</a> of 328.2 million Americans died from it. The Swedish death rate of 568 deaths per million people is about 127% of the American rate of 572 deaths per million.
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Those rates are based on undercounts of the actual number of coronavirus deaths. If we use the number of excess deaths (suggested by a <a href=https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/04/16/tracking-covid-19-excess-deaths-across-countries>report</a> from The Economist and a <a href=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/28/us/coronavirus-death-toll-total.html>report</a> from the New York Times) to estimate the actual number of deaths, then the Swedish death rate would be even lower than the American death rate.
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Finally, if we include the deaths of despair due to job loss caused by the authoritarian strategy, the overall Swedish death rate would also be lower than the overall American death rate.
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<a name="20200513_note1">1</a>. The coronavirus strategy in Japan resembles the trust strategy in Sweden.
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<a name="20200513_note2">2</a>. California has a large number of residents (e.g., Hispanics) who reject Western culture, of which civil liberties are an important component. Such anti-Westerners support using the power of the state to compel Californians to wear face masks, to socially distance, and to close non-essential businesses. Uncontrolled immigration has changed the character of California and most other states.
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<a name="20200930_note3">3</a>. According to a <a href=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/world/europe/sweden-coronavirus-strategy.html>report</a> by the New York Times, "'Today, all of the European countries are more or less following the Swedish model, combined with the testing, tracing and quarantine procedures the Germans have introduced, but none will admit it,' said Antoine Flahault, director of the Institute of Global Health, in Geneva. 'Instead, they made a caricature out of the Swedish strategy. Almost everyone has called it inhumane and a failure.'"
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The overwhelming majority of South Asians — like Sundar Pichai (CEO of Google) and Satya Nadella (CEO of Microsoft) — who came to the United States are members of already wealthy families in their native lands overseas. <a href="#20180206_note1">[1]</a> Consider Indians. Before coming to our country, they often already received a college education in India, where many people are still impoverished and illiterate. These elites come to the United States because they want to obtain lucrative jobs in order to become even wealthier.
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Such Indians believe that Indian culture is better than Western culture. (Since they enjoy lives of privilege in India, why would they think otherwise?) They refuse to assimilate into Western society, retain their Indian names, and give Indian names to their children. Such anti-Western immigrants favor celebrating Diwali festival instead of Christmas. They inculcate their children with the anti-Western notion that Indian culture is superior to Western culture.
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What is the mentality of immigrants who do assimilate into Western society? Consider the father of Daniel Inouye. Before Daniel Inouye departed for the training camp of the U.S. Army, his father told him, "America has been good to us. It has given me two jobs. It has given you and your sisters and brothers education. We all love this country. Whatever you do, do not dishonor your country. Remember –- never dishonor your family. And if you must give your life, do so with honor." <a href="#20180206_note1">[2]</a>
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Who is Daniel Inouye? He is a former senator from Hawaii. His attitude and the attitude of his father toward American society were common among many immigrants who came from Japan and Europe in the first 65 years of the 20th century. <a href="#20180206_note12">[12]</a>
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Such a pro-Western attitude does not exist among the millions of more recent immigrants and opportunists (who came to the United States by directly enrolling in an American university) from South Asia. Consider Sikhs from India. With assistance from the Sikh Coalition, they used lawsuits to demand that the Department of Defense (DOD) allow them to maintain a beard and to wear a turban. <a href="#20180206_note3">[3]</a> <a href="#20180206_note4">[4]</a> <a href="#20180206_note5">[5]</a> <a href="#20180206_note6">[6]</a> Consequently, the DOD granted the Sikhs permission to maintain this aspect of their native culture at the expense of Western culture. <a href="#20180206_note8">[8]</a> <a href="#20180206_note9">[9]</a> <a href="#20180206_note10">[10]</a> <a href="#20180206_note11">[11]</a> Additional Sikhs with assistance from (again) the Sikh Coalition are now demanding that the United States Military Academy stop requiring them to wear the traditional, ceremonial hat during military parades. <a href="#20180206_note7">[7]</a>
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South Asians view ordinary Americans of European (or East Asian) ancestry with arrogance and scorn. When South Asians run companies in Silicon Valley, they clamor for H-1B visas even when there are thousands of unemployed, ordinary Americans who are ready to work.
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The presence of South Asians damages Western society.
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<a name="20180206_note1">1</a>. "<a href=https://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21710784-america-needs-consider-what-it-might-lose-if-it-curbs-influx-clever>A model minority: How Indians triumphed in America</a>", "The Economist", 2016 November 26.
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<a name="20180206_note2">2</a>. "<a href=http://www.nps.gov/articles/inouyeww2.htm>Daniel Inouye: A Japanese American Soldier's Valor in World War II</a>", National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
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<a name="20180206_note3">3</a>. Kevin Lilley, "<a href=https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2016/03/01/sikh-army-captain-sues-dod-to-keep-beard-turban/>Sikh Army captain sues DoD to keep beard, turban</a>", "Army Times", 2016 March 1.
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<a name ="20180206_note5">5</a>. Kevin Lilley, "<a href=https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2016/03/29/3-sikh-soldiers-file-lawsuit-to-keep-beards-turbans/>3 Sikh soldiers file lawsuit to keep beards, turbans</a>", "Army Times", 2016 March 29.
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<a name="20180206_note6">6</a>. Corey Dickstein, "<a href=https://www.stripes.com/news/sikh-army-enlistees-file-lawsuit-seeking-beard-turban-exemptions-1.401891>Sikh Army enlistees file lawsuit seeking beard, turban exemptions</a>", "Stars and Stripes", 2016 March 30.
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<a name="20180206_note7">7</a>. Lorraine Bailey, "<a href=https://www.courthousenews.com/sikh-cadets-object-wearing-west-point-tar-bucket/>Sikh Cadets Object to Wearing West Point ‘Tar Bucket’ </a>", 2017 August 14.
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<a name="20180206_note8">8</a>. Dave Philipps, "<a href=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/02/us/sikh-army-captain-simratpal-singh.html>Sikh Captain Says Keeping Beard and Turban Lets Him Serve U.S. and Faith</a>", 2016 April 1.
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<a name="20180206_note9">9</a>. Corey Dickstein, "<a href=https://www.stripes.com/army-grants-3-sikh-enlistees-beard-turban-exemptions-1.403940>Army grants 3 Sikh enlistees beard, turban exemptions</a>", 2016 April 11.
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<a name="20180206_note10">10</a>. Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, "<a href=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/army-grants-accommodations-3-sikh-american-soldiers-serve-turbans-beards-n554881>Army Grants Accommodations to 3 Sikh-American Soldiers to Serve with Turbans, Beards</a>", 2016 April 12.
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<a name="20180206_note11">11</a>. Corey Dickstein, "<a href=https://www.stripes.com/news/more-bearded-turbaned-sikhs-join-army-as-pentagon-reviews-religious-articles-ban-1.455730>More bearded, turbaned Sikhs join Army as Pentagon reviews religious articles ban</a>", 2017 February 24.
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<a name="20180206_note12">12</a>. In an <a href=https://ww2.kqed.org/perspectives/2017/12/09/learning-christmas/>op-ed</a> published by KQED Radio, Misa Sugiura stated that her parents embraced assimilation into Western society. "When my parents came to America in the late 60s, they came prepared to embrace a brand new life. Instead of a trunk full of old Japanese holiday traditions, they came with an empty calendar to fill with new American ones." This attitude differs starkly from the attitude of the typical South Asian.
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<a name="20191019_note13">13</a>. According to a <a href=https://thehill.com/latino/466598-democrats-dig-in-ahead-of-supreme-court-ruling-on-dreamers>report</a> published by The Hill, a bill in the House of Representatives and a bill in the Senate "would remove the country quotas to assign permanent residency permits or green cards, a longstanding demand of the Indian-American community, but the Durbin-Leahy version would also increase the number of green cards granted per year." The Indians in the United States come from the wealthy and privileged classes in India and believe that, due to their wealth, they are entitled to freely travel to and permanently stay in any country that they want. So, they demand that the American government terminate all quotas which limit granting permanent residency to Indians.
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<a name="20201110_note14">14</a>. According to a <a href=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc-blacklist-trump-supporters>report</a> by Fox News, "Hari Sevugan, a former spokesman for the Democratic National Committee and for President [Barack] Obama, indicated that he was part of the accountability project [to create a blacklist of all supporters of Donald Trump]." Sevugan was born in India and hrings its culture to the United States. Blacklisting people whom you dislike is an integral part of Indian culture.
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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a program in the executive branch of the American government, allows the children (who are not American citizens) of illegal aliens to legally reside and work in the the United States. According to <a href=http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/09/25/key-facts-about-unauthorized-immigrants-enrolled-in-daca/>data</a> provided by the Pew Research Center, Hispanics (from Latin America) constitute approximately 98% of the participants in DACA. According to a <a href=http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/451295/daca-dreamers-median-characteristics-immigration-amnesty>report</a> by "National Review", 72% of them have lived in the United States for 10 years.
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While Hispanic illegal aliens were helping their children to illegally enjoy the privilege of living for 10+ years in the United States, many faceless and nameless children in, say, Vietnam were languishing in poverty and overall misery during the same 10+ years because their Vietnamese parents respect American laws and were waiting in line to enter the United States.
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The ill-gotten privilege of living in this country for 10+ years is not enough for these Hispanics. They want even more preferential treatment. They now loudly demand a path to American citizenship, according to a <a href=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/18/nancy-pelosi-daca-protest-242850>report</a> by Politico and a <a href=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/09/18/nancy-pelosi-confronted-by-daca-recipients-protesting-her-agreement-with-trump/>report</a> by "The Washington Post". Yielding to this demand for preferential treatment, many politicians support legislation which gives American citizenship to Hispanic participants in DACA, according to a <a href=https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21735018-now-it-main-front-americas-partisan-war-hostility-immigration-used-be-found>report</a> by "The Economist".
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Allowing the children of Hispanic illegal aliens to permanently stay in the United States is grossly unfair to Asians (and Europeans). Millions of impoverished people in Vietnam (and Eastern Europe), for example, want to bring their children to the United States but wait in line for years.
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Hispanics cut in front of the immigration line, shoving Asians to the end of the line.
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Furthermore, Hispanics receive preferential treatment via affirmative action (AA) in education and employment. According to a <a href=http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/17/us/harvard-asian-americans-discrimination-complaint/>report</a> by CNN, an American of Asian ancestry must score roughly 270 points higher than a Hispanic, on the Scholastic Aptitude Test, in order for the admissions committee (of Princeton University) to give the Asian equal consideration with the Hispanic.
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Hispanics cut in front of the education line, shoving Asian-Americans to the end of the line.
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Hispanics expect, demand, and receive preferential treatment from most politicians. Why are Hispanics such selfish bigots?
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In New York City, the Specialized High School Institute (SHSI) prepares economically disadvantaged children to take the admissions test for entering specialized high schools (SHS) like the Bronx High School of Science. According to a <a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/nyregion/20mbrfs-admissions.html>report</a> by the "New York Times" and a <a href=https://nypost.com/2007/11/19/in-wrong-minority/>report</a> by the "New York Post", the city government had prohibited the admission of Asian-Americans or European-Americans into SHSI in order to give preferential treatment to Africans and Hispanics. Assisted by a public-interest law <a href=https://www.cir-usa.org/cases/ng-et-al-v-new-york-city-dept-of-education/>firm</a>, some Asian-American parents successfully used a lawsuit to force the government to open SHSI admissions to Asians and Europeans in 2008. Afterwards, Africans, Hispanics, and their political accomplices began scheming to reduce Asian and European enrollment in SHS, according to a <a href=https://nypost.com/2014/07/19/why-nycs-push-to-change-school-admissions-will-punish-poor-asians/>report</a> by the "New York Post".
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BFM TV in France has posted a <a href=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKyqnpINfww>video clip</a> on YouTube.
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The French now understand the savagery that Americans of Asian or European ancestry have endured at the hands of Africans and Hispanics in the United States. The latter 2 groups commit approximately 63% of all murders. <a href="#20180101_note1">[1]</a>
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The primary cause of this savagery is not poverty. Consider the data that the World Bank provides about <a href=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD>gross domestic product</a> (GDP) and <a href=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5>intentional homicide</a>. According to the data for 2011, Mexico has a GDP per capita of $15,923 (at purchasing-power parity), and Vietnam has a GDP per capita of $4,716. Yet, the Mexicans commit murder at the rate of 22.6 per 100,000 people, and the Vietnamese commit murder at the rate of 1.5 per 100,000 people. In other words, a typical Mexican has 3.4 times the wealth of a typical Vietnamese but has 15 times his likelihood of committing murder.
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The primary cause of African, Hispanic, and Middle-Eastern savagery is culture and genetics.
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According to another <a href=https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21732559-it-also-liable-be-over-interpreted-alabamas-senate-election-result-historic>report</a> by "The Economist", "Black voters, who usually comprise around a quarter of Alabama’s electorate, turned out in droves. Exit polls suggest they made up 29%, and that Mr Jones won 96% of their votes."
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Africans and Hispanics consistently vote as a bloc typically to get preferential treatment (e.g., affirmative action) from political candidates. Also, Africans and Hispanics prefer candidates who have, respectively, African or Hispanic ancestry. This voting pattern has altered the character of the United States.
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By contrast, Americans of European ancestry (and, to a lesser extent, Asian ancestry) do not vote as a bloc. They look at various sides of important issues before casting a vote for a political candidate, and if 2 candidates have similar political positions, European-Americans roughly evenly split their votes for them. European-Americans do not seek preferential treatment and do oppose using ancestry as a criteria for supporting a candidate.
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The Democratic primaries in 2008 are instructive. During an <a href=http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0806/04/lkl.05.html>interview</a> conducted by CNN, a Democratic strategist noted that the political positions of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were nearly identical. Yet, roughly 80% of the votes from African-Americans went to Obama. The Africans clearly voted as a bloc — and on the basis of skin color.
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By contrast, European-Americans roughly evenly split their votes between Clinton and Obama. The <a href=http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/results/vote-polls/CA.html>demographic breakdown</a> reported by the "New York Times" for California is typical for the votes in the Democratic primaries. Bloc voting by Africans explains why Clinton lost the Democratic nomination for president in 2008.
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The voting pattern of Africans and Hispanics is a stark warning to the French, the Germans, and other Europeans. African or Middle-Eastern immigrants (in Europe) and their descendants also vote as a bloc typically to get preferential treatment. After their percentage of the overall population reaches 20%, their behavior will permanently alter the character of the European nations.
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In an <a href=http://www.npr.org/2016/01/31/465028555/what-young-republicans-have-to-say-about-their-partys-candidates>interview</a> conducted by National Public Radio (NPR), a Hispanic voter stated, "I think it's gonna basically deflate Donald Trump and I think this race – my crystal ball is a little foggy but I think it's gonna come down to the two Cubans, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, and I think one of them will be our nominee this summer. And as a young, Latino conservative, I'm very, very excited about that." Like Africans, this Hispanic voter unabashedly advocates using ancestry as a criteria for supporting a political candidate.
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In an <a href=https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21711632-blueprint-getting-more-women-information-technology-high-techs-missing-xx-factor>essay</a> published by "The Economist", the writer deliberately aggregates the data for all ethnic and racial groups and then alleges that cultural or other barriers prevent women from becoming workers in information technology (IT).
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That abuse of statistics hides an important fact: the percentage of East-Asian-American women <a href="#20170808_note1">[1]</a> in IT is above their percentage in the overall population. 1.42% of the American population are East-Asian women, according to <a href=http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/04/04/asian-groups-in-the-u-s/>data</a> by the Pew Research Center and <a href=https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/>data</a> by the U.S. Census Bureau. In a typical computer-science class at elite universities like MIT, the percentage of East-Asian-American women is much greater than 1.42%.
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Barriers to entry into IT simply do not exist nowadays for women. American women of East-Asian ancestry easily enter IT.
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Women of other racial and ethnic groups just dislike the hard work (at the university and, after graduation, in the workplace) that is necessary for IT. So, such women avoid IT.
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Despite the above facts, the administrators at some universities create agendas to increase the percentage of women in IT. Harvey Mudd College is one such university; in its computer-science program, the percentage of women rose dramatically from 15% in 2006 to 55% in 2016. This startling increase may be due to weakening the program for technology-averse non-East-Asian women. Once a political agenda to increase women exists, professors become inclined to grade the work of their female students more leniently than the professors grade the work of their male students.
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Note that East-Asian-American women succeeded before the existence of any major political agenda to increase the percentage of women. Such women succeeded due to the strong emphasis on education and hard work in East-Asian families in the United States.
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Women of other ethnic and racial groups value education and hard work less than East-Asian women. That is the real explanation for the low percentage of women in IT.
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<a name="20170808_note1">1</a>. East Asia comprises Japan, Korea, China, and Vietnam.
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reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17348997959111216658noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34177270.post-86183448957701998852017-08-02T02:14:00.000-07:002017-08-05T04:30:45.254-07:00Striking Hard Against Affirmative Action<html>
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According to a <a href=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/us/politics/trump-affirmative-action-universities.html>report</a> by the "New York Times", a <a href=https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2017-08-02/rights-groups-assail-justice-department-over-college-race-probe>report</a> by Reuters, and a <a href=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/justice-department-plans-new-project-to-sue-universities-over-affirmative-action-policies/2017/08/01/6295eba4-772b-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html>report</a> by "The Washington Post", Attorney General Jefferson Sessions will establish a project, within the Department of Justice (DOJ), to investigate universities that use affirmative action (AA). The intent of this project is to sue universities that use AA to discriminate against Americans of Asian or European ancestry.
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Under intense political pressure from Africans and Hispanics, universities have long used AA to reduce the number of Asian admittees in order to give their admission slots to African and Hispanic applicants. According to a <a href=http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/17/us/harvard-asian-americans-discrimination-complaint/index.html>report</a> by CNN, "An Asian-American student has to score [...] 270 points higher than a Hispanic student and 450 points higher than a black student on the SAT to be on equal footing."
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The use of AA at the 8 Ivy League colleges prevented Austin Jia, an Asian, from being admitted to Harvard University, Princeton University, Columbia University, and the University of Pennsylvania, according to a <a href=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/us/affirmative-action-battle-has-a-new-focus-asian-americans.html>report</a> by the "New York Times". Jia had a high grade point average (GPA), nearly perfect SAT scores, and participation in numerous extracurricular activities: debate team, tennis captain, and state orchestra.
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By stark contrast, the use of AA at the Ivy League colleges enabled Kwasi Erin, an African, to receive an admission slot to Harvard University, Yale University, Brown University, Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth University, Princeton University, and Cornell University, according to a <a href=http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/30/us/new-york-student-selects-yale/index.html>report</a> by CNN. Knowing the unfair preferential treatment that he received via AA, Erin had the audacity to publicly brag about his admission to all 8 Ivy League colleges.
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According to a <a href=http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1441993/asian-americans-furious-proposal-allowing-colleges-choose-students-race>report</a> by the "South China Morning Post", Americans of Asian ancestry vehemently oppose the very AA that gave Erin an unfair advantage in admissions to the elite universities. According to a <a href=http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/08/03/asian-american-legal-group-supports-doj-plan-probe-affirmative-action>report</a> by Fox News, the Asian American Legal Foundation supports the effort by the DOJ to sue universities that discriminate against Asians and Europeans.
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Will Sessions succeed at legally forcing Stanford University and other elite universities to stop discriminating against Americans of Asian or European ancestry?
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According to a <a href=http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21722855-leaders-both-main-parties-have-turned-away-decades-old-vision-open-liberal>report</a> published by "The Economist", "Both Mrs May and Mr Corbyn would each in their own way step back from [...] open borders [...]."
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"Open borders" is tantamount to national suicide. Some ethnic or racial groups lack either the intellect or the will to assimilate into Western society. Via "open borders", members of such groups enter the West. Their presence ruins the quality of life.
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Here are 2 examples.
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On April 22, a group of approximately 50 African and Hispanic youths seized a light-rail train in Oakland (United States), assaulted the passengers, and stole their money and other possessions, according to an <a href=http://www.smobserved.com/story/2017/05/01/news/the-politically-incorrect-truth-about-oaklands-great-train-robbery-bart/2847.html>essay</a> published by the "Santa Monica Observer".
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On June 3, a group of 2 Moroccans and 1 Pakistani drove their van into a group of pedestrians in London (Great Britain). The thugs left the van and used knives to stab customers in nearby bars and restaurants. An eyewitness stated, "a woman probably in her early 20s staggered into the pub and she was bleeding heavily from the neck and from her mouth. It appeared to myself and my friends that her throat had been cut.", according to a <a href=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/police-declare-major-incident-on-london-bridge-after-van-reported-to-hit-pedestrians/2017/06/03/6d1854c0-48a7-11e7-8de1-cec59a9bf4b1_story.html>report</a> published by "The Washington Post". Detailed information about the background of the 3 thugs is available in a <a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/05/ringleader-london-bridge-terror-attack-named-khuram-butt/>report</a> published by "The Telegraph".
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We should immediately close the borders of all Western countries and restrict entry to only immigrants who will assimilate into Western society.
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reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17348997959111216658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34177270.post-36105579456651011342017-03-21T05:57:00.002-07:002018-12-12T15:42:51.517-08:00Criminality of Immigrants<html>
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According to a <a href=http://thehill.com/latino/324607-reports-find-that-immigrants-commit-less-crime-than-us-born-citizens>report</a> by "The Hill", "immigrants commit crimes and are incarcerated at a much lower rate than U.S. citizens, according to two separate studies released this week."
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That statement is misleading due to an abuse of statistics. Any sociological assertion must present results by ethnicity and race because differences in culture and genetics produce starkly different behaviors.
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The report mentions 2 studies. The first <a href=http://www.sentencingproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Immigration-and-Public-Safety.pdf>study</a> was done by The Sentencing Project. This study should be ignored because it avoids presenting the results by ethnicity and race.
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The second <a href=https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/immigration_brief-1.pdf>study</a> was done by the Cato Institute. This study presents results by ethnicity and race and is worthy of our consideration.
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The Cato Institute shows that immigrants are incarcerated at a lower rate than natives for each ethnicity or race.
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Yet, the study also shows that Hispanic illegal aliens are incarcerated at 1.4 times and 2.5 times the rate at which European-American natives and Asian-American natives, respectively, are incarcerated for crimes. In other words, the presence of Hispanic illegal aliens increases the crime rate in communities of European-Americans or Asian-Americans.
</p><p>Also, Africans and Hispanics of the 2nd and later generations are incarcerated at a much higher rate than (1) Africans and Hispanics of the 1st generation (i.e., the immigrant generation) and (2) Asians and Europeans of all generations. Africans and Hispanics who are immigrants fear being deported back to the inferior countries created by their native cultures. So, these people behave properly upon entry into the United States. The 2nd generation of Africans and Hispanics are safe from deportation, so they behave improperly and become criminals.
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Both Africans and Hispanics are less likely to assimilate (into Western culture) than Europeans and Asians. Uncontrolled immigration from Latin America threatens the United States.
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1. According to a <a href=https://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2017/10/chicaganos-rising>report</a> by "The Economist", "[In Chicago,] Mexicans are by far the biggest group, accounting for about 80% of the city’s 803,000 Hispanics. Puerto Ricans are the second-biggest group, followed by a medley of Central Americans. ... Gangs, which have tens of thousands of members, are omnipresent in Latino neighbourhoods."
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2. This essay was updated on 2018 December 12.
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reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17348997959111216658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34177270.post-54194882695005390632017-03-06T13:03:00.001-08:002018-02-08T00:22:16.211-08:00Marine Le Pen and Multicultural Pluralism<html>
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According to a <a href=http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21717824-new-social-faultline-france-has-reshaped-countrys-politics-and-sidelined-its-main>report</a> by "The Economist", "local opponents accuse [the mayor of Cogolin] of financing his development plans in 'opaque' ways and an 'ideological' hostility to cultural diversity, such as North African songs or dances in schools."
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Whenever a reporter writes words like "African", "Hispanic", or "Middle Easterner", he usually also writes a defense of or praise for "cultural diversity" or "multicultural pluralism". This phenomenon appears on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
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We must be honest with ourselves. Western culture and Western civilization are superior to all other cultures and civilizations. The proof of this fact appears in Japan. Its people embraced Westernization and transformed their island into one of the richest nations in the world.
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By contrast, the peoples in African nations, Middle-Eastern nations, and Hispanic nations (in Latin America) reject Westernization, and those nations are economically poor, have high rates of violent crime, or have authoritarian societies. That is the ugly truth of non-Western civilizations. [1]
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Marine Le Pen, like Donald Trump, repeatedly asserts that Western values are superior to African, Middle-Eastern, or Hispanic values. She is asserting the truth.
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She deserves the utmost praise for speaking truth to elitist power.
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Africans and Hispanics in the United States reject assimilation and demand special privileges that are denied to Americans of Asian or European ancestry. According to a <a href=http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-school-discipline-20151108-story.html>report</a> by the "Los Angeles Times", Africans (and, to a lesser degree, Hispanics) are over-represented among students who use willful defiance to disrupt the meeting of a class. Under political pressure from African and Hispanic organizations, the school boards in the Los Angeles Unified School District and other districts have terminated the use of suspension (or any other punishment) for forcing the disrupters to behave properly.
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According to a <a href=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/13/nyregion/ny-regents-teacher-exams-alst.html>report</a> by the "New York Times", Africans and Hispanics are over-represented among students who fail a literacy test for employment as a teacher in elementary and secondary schools. Under pressure from African and Hispanic organizations, the Board of Regents of New York terminated the use of the literacy test.
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According to a recent <a href=http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2017/03/america-s-champion>report</a> by "The Economist", "... first-generation migrants commit crimes at lower rates than natives."
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Any statement about sociological phenomenon must be qualified by ethnicity and race, for differences in culture and genetics produce stark differences in behavior among ethnic and racial groups. If the author of a demographic statement omits such qualifying information, then he is deliberately trying to hide ugly facts about a particular ethnicity or race.
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Contrast the demographic statement by "The Economist" with the statements by David Frum, the senior editor at "The Atlantic". In an <a href=http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/09/what-was-so-shocking-about-trumps-immigration-speech/498386/>essay</a>, he wrote, "Refugees from the communist crackdown in Hungary in 1956 have flourished in America. More than a quarter century after they began to arrive in America, Somali refugees have not. First-generation Japanese immigrants committed crimes at rates much lower than that of other Americans; Mexican immigrants have historically offended at elevated rates."
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His comments about a sociological phenomenon are clear and cogent because he qualifies them by ethnicity and race. Specifically, both Africans and Hispanics are less likely to assimilate than Europeans and Asians. Uncontrolled immigration from Latin America threatens the United States.
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This observation is buttressed by a sociological <a href=http://theclearsky.blogspot.com/2017/01/rate-of-arrest-for-murder-by-ethnicity.html>study</a> that estimates the rate of arrest for murder and that uses data provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Pew Research Center for 2013. This study examines the rate (of arrest) by ethnicity and race. This rate is approximately proportional to the number of people murdered (per year) by each ethnicity and race and can be viewed as a proxy for the latter rate.
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The arrest rate for Asians is about half of the rate for non-Hispanic Europeans.
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By contrast, the arrest rate for Hispanics is about 3 times the rate for non-Hispanic Europeans. The arrest rate for Africans is about 9 times the rate for non-Hispanic Europeans.
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The above facts lead to an inevitable conclusion: Donald Trump is right -- again. We must promptly deport illegal aliens (of whom most are Hispanic) and restrict legal immigration. We must favor immigrants who "support this country and love its people and its values."
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According to a <a href=http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2017/02/trump-and-science>report</a> by "The Economist", many scientists allege that President Donald Trump has politicized science. On February 19, hundreds of scientists assembled at Copley Square in Boston and vociferously accused him of hindering their work.
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If these scientists look in a mirror, then they will see a hypocrite. Many scientists also politicize science.
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Consider the case of Dr. James D. Watson, who won the Nobel Prize in medicine. In 2007, he asserted that Africans are less intelligent than Europeans due to genetic differences. Afterwards, he was forced to resign from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, according to <a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/19/science/19watson.html>report 1</a> and <a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/science/25cnd-watson.html>report 2</a> by the "New York Times".
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If scientists were not political, then they would have immediately conducted a study of the assertion that Watson made. The results of the study would speak for themselves.
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Instead of taking a rational approach toward addressing a scientific topic (i.e., differences in intelligence due to differences in genetics), many scientists -- including the management of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory -- immediately and emotionally condemned Watson. They humiliated a man whose medical achievements would significantly advance the treatment of diseases.
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The hard truth which many scientists try to avoid or hide (via political tactics like feigned anger) is that differences in culture and genetics produce differences in behavior among ethnic and racial groups. According to one <a href=http://www.economist.com/node/4032638>report</a> by "The Economist", differences in genetics produce differences in intelligence. According to another <a href=http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21715998-establishing-cause-remains-hazardous-new-research-suggests-effort-work>report</a> by the same journal, differences in culture produce differences in work ethic.
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Of course, differences in culture and genetics have produced stark differences in national development. For example, Japan is a prosperous nation with a low rate of violent crime. By contrast, Guatemala (which is a typical Hispanic nation) is economically poor and has a high rate of violent crime.
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reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17348997959111216658noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34177270.post-74966227595780400552017-02-15T13:42:00.000-08:002017-02-15T23:37:01.070-08:00Impact of the Travel Ban on the United States<html>
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Recently, President Donald Trump signed several executive orders that restrict travel from some anti-Western nations like Iran. The writer of an <a href=http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2017/02/i-m-banned>essay</a> published by "The Economist" alleges that this travel ban has reduced travel to the United States from countries that were not targeted by the ban. The writer does qualify his allegations and states, "It is hard to separate the ban completely from other factors currently affecting travel to America. The dollar has strengthened against currencies such as the euro and the yuan since the election, making it more expensive to visit the United States."
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How can we be sure that the travel ban will only minimally and temporarily reduce travel to the United States?
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First, the strengthening of the dollar is a vote of confidence in the executive orders signed by Trump. Foreigners buy dollars (thus boosting its value) because they believe that his political policies will improve the quality of life in our nation. An improved quality of life surely attracts more travel to the United States.
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Second, from 1945 to the present day, the government of Japan has aggressively enforced strict immigration laws, including prompt deportation of illegal aliens. The Japanese laws are stricter than even the immigration policies proposed or implemented (via executive orders) by Trump.
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Yet, millions of tourists still flock to Japan. They particularly enjoy the relatively crime-free environment there. If you lose your wallet, then some anonymous Japanese citizen will find it and give it to the police. A policeman will locate you and return the wallet to you. It will contain all the money that was originally in it.
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If Trump succeeds at using his immigration policies to increase the percentage of pro-Western citizens to nearly 100% of the American population, then the United States will become the pleasant sort of place that exists in Japan and Germany (before it was inundated by anti-Western immigrants). The number of tourists to the United States will actually increase.
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Trump's executive orders (which reduce the number of anti-Western immigrants) are the right start.
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According to a <a href=http://time.com/3949986/1977-blackout-new-york-history/>report</a> by "Time", Africans in New York City erupted into an orgy of violence on a hot day in the summer of 1977. For the 40th anniversary of this event, we examine the ethnic and racial rates of arrest for murder.
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According to <a href=http://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2015/06/2015-04-30_statistical-portrait-of-hispanics-in-the-united-states-2013_FINAL.xlsx>data</a> provided by the <a href=http://www.pewhispanic.org/2016/04/19/statistical-portrait-of-hispanics-in-the-united-states-about-the-data/>Pew Research Center</a>, the population of the United States of America (USA) in 2013 has the following demographic distribution, in which Hispanics are grouped into a separate category.
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Total
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European
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(White)
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African
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(Black)
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American
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Indian or
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Alaskan
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Native
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Asian
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Native
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Hawaiian
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or Other
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Pacific
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Islander
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Other
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Hispanic
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53,964,235
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35,582,596
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1,125,442
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466,674
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185,724
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45,042
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16,558,757
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non-
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Hispanic
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<td>
262,164,604
</td><td>
197,391,758
</td><td>
38,851,242
</td><td>
2,081,234
</td><td>
15,825,473
</td><td>
467,668
</td><td>
7,547,229
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Overall
</th>
<td>
316,128,839
</td><td>
232,974,354
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39,976,684
</td><td>
2,547,908
</td><td>
16,011,197
</td><td>
512,710
</td><td>
24,105,986
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The category, "Other", is for either an unspecified race or a mixture of multiple races. For the Hispanic population, we distribute the count in this category to the other categories in proportion to their current counts. For the non-Hispanic population, we normalize the data in the same manner. The results appear in Table 2. (For all calculations, we used the maximum precision allowed by our computer although we show only the rounded results in the tables in this essay.)
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European
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African
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(Black)
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American
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Indian or
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Alaskan
<br>
Native
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Asian
</th><th>
Native
<br>
Hawaiian
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or Other
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Pacific
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Islander
</th>
</tr><tr>
<th>
Hispanic
</th>
<td>
53,964,235
</td><td>
51,334,395
</td><td>
1,623,656
</td><td>
673,262
</td><td>
267,941
</td><td>
64,981
</td>
</tr><tr>
<th>
non-
<br>
Hispanic
</th>
<td>
262,164,604
</td><td>
203,242,737
</td><td>
40,002,849
</td><td>
2,142,925
</td><td>
16,294,563
</td><td>
481,530
</td>
</tr><tr>
<th>
Overall
</th>
<td>
316,128,839
</td><td>
254,577,131
</td><td>
41,626,505
</td><td>
2,816,187
</td><td>
16,562,504
</td><td>
546,512
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</p><p>
<center>
Table 2
</center>
</p><p>
According to <a href=https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2013/crime-in-the-u.s.-2013/tables/table-43>data</a> provided by the <a href=https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2013/crime-in-the-u.s.-2013/cius-home>Federal Bureau of Investigation</a> (FBI), the following numbers of arrests for murder occurred in the USA in 2013.
</p><p>
<table style="width:100%">
<tr>
<th>
Total
</th><th>
European
<br>
(White)
</th><th>
African
<br>
(Black)
</th><th>
American
<br>
Indian or
<br>
Alaskan
<br>
Native
</th><th>
Asian
</th><th>
Native
<br>
Hawaiian
<br>
or Other
<br>
Pacific
<br>
Islander
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
8,383
</td><td>
3,799
</td><td>
4,379
</td><td>
98
</td><td>
101
</td><td>
6
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</p><p>
<center>
Table 3
</center>
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In 4,850 incidents (out of the above 8,383 incidents), the agency that handled the arrest reported whether the suspect is Hispanic. This ethnic data for the 4,850 incidents appears in the row titled "Actual" in Table 4. In the row titled "Estimated", we estimated the number of Hispanics by assuming that the proportion of Hispanics in 8383 incidents is identical to the proportion in the 4850 incidents.
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<table style="width:100%">
<tr>
<th>
</th><th>
Total
</th><th>
Hispanic
</th><th>
non-Hispanic
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>
Actual
</th>
<td>
4,850
</td><td>
1,052
</td><td>
3,798
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>
Estimated
</th>
<td>
8,383
</td><td>
1,818
</td><td>
6,565
</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<center>
Table 4
</center>
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Next, (1) dividing the quantities in Table 3 by the corresponding quantities for the overall population in Table 2 and (2) multiplying the quotient by 100,000 yields the number of arrests per 100,000 people. The results appear in Table 5.
</p><p>
<table style="width:100%">
<tr>
<th>
Overall
</th><th>
European
<br>
(White)
</th><th>
African
<br>
(Black)
</th><th>
American
<br>
Indian or
<br>
Alaskan
<br>
Native
</th><th>
Asian
</th><th>
Native
<br>
Hawaiian
<br>
or Other
<br>
Pacific
<br>
Islander
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
2.6518
</td><td>
1.4923
</td><td>
10.5197
</td><td>
3.4799
</td><td>
0.6098
</td><td>
1.0979
</td>
</tr>
</table>
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Table 5. Number of Arrests (per 100,000 People) for Murder
</center>
</p><p>
In order to determine the rate of arrest for Hispanics, we assume that the rate of arrest for each ethnicity or race in the Hispanic population is the product of a constant and the rate of arrest for the same ethnicity or race in the overall population.<a href="#20170126_reference1">[1]</a> Under this assumption, we determined the numbers of arrests in Table 6, where the data for Hispanics appears in its own category.
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<table style="width:100%">
<tr>
<th>
Total
</th><th>
European
<br>
(White)
</th><th>
African
<br>
(Black)
</th><th>
American
<br>
Indian or
<br>
Alaskan
<br>
Native
</th><th>
Asian
</th><th>
Native
<br>
Hawaiian
<br>
or Other
<br>
Pacific
<br>
Islander
</th><th>
Hispanic
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
8,383
</td><td>
2,352
</td><td>
4,056
</td><td>
54
</td><td>
98
</td><td>
5
</td><td>
1818
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</p><p>
<center>
Table 6
</center>
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Using Table 2 and Table 6, we determined the rates of arrest in Table 7.
</p><p>
<table style="width:100%">
<tr>
<th>
Overall
</th><th>
European
<br>
(White)
</th><th>
African
<br>
(Black)
</th><th>
American
<br>
Indian or
<br>
Alaskan
<br>
Native
</th><th>
Asian
</th><th>
Native
<br>
Hawaiian
<br>
or Other
<br>
Pacific
<br>
Islander
</th><th>
Hispanic
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
2.6518
</td><td>
1.1572
</td><td>
10.1402
</td><td>
2.5080
</td><td>
0.6009
</td><td>
0.9662
</td><td>
3.3695
</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<center>
Table 7. Number of Arrests (per 100,000 People) for Murder
<br>
with Hispanics as a Separate Category
</center>
</p><p>
Grouping Hispanic Africans with other Africans, we derived Table 8 from Table 2, Table 3, and Table 6.
</p><p>
<table style="width:100%">
<tr>
<th>
Overall
</th><th>
European
<br>
(White)
</th><th>
African
<br>
(Black)
</th><th>
American
<br>
Indian or
<br>
Alaskan
<br>
Native
</th><th>
Asian
</th><th>
Native
<br>
Hawaiian
<br>
or Other
<br>
Pacific
<br>
Islander
</th><th>
Hispanic
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
2.6518
</td><td>
1.1572
</td><td>
10.5197
</td><td>
2.5080
</td><td>
0.6009
</td><td>
0.9662
</td><td>
2.8576
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</p><p>
<center>
Table 8. Number of Arrests (per 100,000 People) for Murder
<br>
with Hispanic Africans Grouped with Africans
</center>
</p><p>
The data in Table 7 and Table 8 confirms that differences in culture and genetics produce differences in behavior among ethnic and racial groups. This data is consistent with the fact that African nations and Hispanic nations (in Latin America) have much higher rates of violent crime than a typical European country like Germany (before it was inundated by anti-Western immigrants).
</p><p>
Evolution produced differences in culture and genetics among ethnic and racial groups. We should respect those differences and adjust our immigration policy accordingly.
</p><p>
<u>note</u>
<br>
<a name="20170126_reference1">1</a>. An appropriate name for this constant is the coefficient of Hispanic aggression (CHA). For the data in this analysis, the value of CHA is 1.8889 . It is the multiplier by which being Hispanic amplifies the rate of arrest for murder. For example, within the European population, the rate for Hispanics is almost 2 times the rate for non-Hispanics.
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The writer of an <a href=http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21712141-governments-poor-countries-are-right-complain-about-wests-restrictive-immigration>essay</a> published by "The Economist" implicitly assumes that differences in culture and genetics do not produce differences in behavior among different ethnic or racial groups. Consequently, immigration does not negatively affect the pace of development for developing countries.
</p><p>
Yet, is that assumption true?
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The Meiji Restoration (MR) in Japan proves that the assumption is false. MR began in 1868. During 25 years from that year, the Japanese aggressively modernized and became a wealthy, industrialized democracy. Japan became a Western power.
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By contrast, the nations run by Africans or Hispanics are still poor and ignorant. This retarded development is not due to external oppression since most such nations are not controlled by an external power like Russia.
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If all ethnic and racial groups have identical behaviors, then every nation would already be modernized (just like Japan) after 25 years of exposure to the West. That such an outcome does not exist proves that differences in culture and genetics produce differences in behavior among different ethnic or racial groups.
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As for immigration, imagine the fate of Japan if, in 1868, somehow millions of Africans emigrate to Japan and become 30% of its population. Violence in its cities would increase dramatically. Under pressure from rioting Africans who despise the West, the Japanese government would be forced to abandon Westernization. The modernization of Japan would not have occurred, and it would remain an impoverished 3rd-world country. Today, 12 million Japanese would be living illegally in Russia and would be demanding that the Kremlin grant them a path to citizenship.
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So, indeed, uncontrolled immigration into a developing country can severely retard its development -- if the immigrants are intellectually inferior to the native population.
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Ricky LaChance drew the above picture. Todd Fisher, the brother of Carrie Fisher, shared the <a href=https://twitter.com/tafish/status/814550722519805952/photo/1>image</a> with the public. In the picture, the spirit of Carrie Fisher is dressed as Princess Leia in "Star Wars" of 1977, and the spirit of Debbie Reynolds (in a yellow raincoat) is dressed as Kathy Selden in "Singin’ in the Rain" of 1952. The lyrics, "What a glorious feeling. I’m happy again.", are from a song in the latter movie, according to a <a href=http://people.com/movies/todd-fisher-shares-heartbreaking-drawing-debbie-reynolds-carrie-fisher/>report</a> by "People". The two women are walking toward heaven.
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According to a <a href=http://people.com/movies/carrie-fisher-debbie-reynolds-joint-funeral/>report</a> by "People", their family had been considering both a private memorial service and a public one. According to another <a href=http://people.com/movies/debbie-reynolds-didnt-die-of-a-broken-heart-she-just-left-to-be-with-carrie-says-her-son-todd-fisher/>report</a>, Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds would be interred together at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles.
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According to a <a href=http://people.com/movies/carrie-fisher-memorial/>report</a> by "People", the family of Carrie Fisher held a private memorial service at her home on January 5. The event was attended by her relatives and friends. The guests dined on fried chicken, collard greens, and cornbread. These dishes were standard fare at parties hosted by Fisher.
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According to a <a href=http://people.com/movies/carrie-fishers-ashes-placed-giant-prozac-pill-buried-mom-debbie-reynolds/>report</a> by "People", Reynolds and Fisher were laid to rest on January 6. Fisher had been cremated, and some of her ashes were stored in an urn (shaped like a large Prozac pill) that was placed alongside her mother.
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According to a <a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/27/movies/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars-princess-leia.html>report</a> by the "New York Times" (NYT), a <a href=http://www.tmz.com/2016/12/27/carrie-fisher-dead-never-regained-consciousness-plane/>report</a> by TMZ, and a <a href=http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/12/23/carrie-fisher-heart-attack/95806310/>report</a> (which is partially based on a <a href=http://www.tmz.com/2016/12/23/carrie-fisher-heart-attack-plane/>report</a> by TMZ) by "USA Today", Carrie Fisher suffered a heart attack during the remaining 15 minutes of a flight on a United Airlines jet from London to Los Angeles on December 23. Upon arrival at the destination, she was transported to the emergency room of a hospital within the UCLA Medical Center. Later, she was transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU). She died in the ICU at 8:55 a.m on December 27 (Tuesday).
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Most Westerners remember Fisher for her role as Princess Leia in Star Wars. In addition to being an actress, she was also an accomplished writer. The author of an <a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/opinion/the-honesty-of-carrie-fisher.html>essay</a> published by the NYT suggests that you remember Fisher by reading her many books.
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During the final 2 decades of her life, she had established a close relationship with her mother, Debbie Reynolds. According to a <a href=http://people.com/movies/debbie-reynolds-last-words-were-carrie-fisher/>report</a> by "People", Reynolds on December 28 told her son that she deeply missed his sister and wanted to be with her in death. Several hours later, Reynolds suffered a stroke and also died, according to a <a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/movies/debbie-reynolds-dead.html>report</a> by the NYT and a <a href=http://www.tmz.com/2016/12/28/debbie-reynolds-dead>report</a> by TMZ.
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Reynolds was a classy lady and represented an American era that is fading away. (The new American era is represented by people like Ariana Grande. According to a <a href=http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/09/entertainment/ariana-grande-donut-licking-america/>report</a> by CNN, she relished using her saliva to contaminate some doughnuts that were later purchased by unwitting customers.)
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We at theclearsky.blogspot.com regret the passing of both Fisher and Reynolds. We hope to "meet" them soon.
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The author of a <a href=http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2016/11/daily-chart-19>report</a> in "The Economist" criticizes the plan by Donald Trump to suspend the program that issues H-1B visas to foreigners. Are H-1B visas really necessary?
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The H-1B visa is not necessary. There is not a need for importing foreign labor into the United States to maintain its high technology. Indeed, Japanese technology is as sophisticated as American technology, yet Tokyo prohibits the massive importation of foreign labor.
</p><p>
The typical false narrative about the H-1B visa is the following horse manure. There is supposedly an awesome XYZ technology that needs to be commercialized. There are supposedly an insufficient number of American engineers to hire to develop the product based on this technology. Without its commercialization, the American economy will be damaged permanently.
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Technologies come and go. That XYZ technology is not commercialized in the USA will not permanently damage the American economy. If such technology were commercialized in China, then QRS technology will come along to utilize the talents of American engineers. (In the 1990s, the hot technology was microprocessors and their interconnects. In the 2010s, the hot technology is search and artificial intelligence.)
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There are plenty of American engineers. According to a <a href=http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/education/the-stem-crisis-is-a-myth>report</a> in a prominent engineering journal, 75% of Americans with college degrees in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) have jobs that are outside STEM. The reason that a typical company may not hire technically capable Americans is that it does not want to train them in the QRS technology. To avoid the cost of training an American, the company hires the foreign engineer who already knows QRS technology. Yet, even for the sake of cost, there is not a need to import foreign engineers. The company and its entire management can simply relocate to the country -- e.g., India -- which has the cheap engineers with the right skill set, including knowledge of QRS technology.
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When you understand the above facts, you soon realize the real reason for the H-1B visas. Some wealthy elites like starting or running companies, ignore the well-being of Americans (like American engineers), but insist on living in the USA (instead of moving themselves and their companies to a barn like India). So, these elites then clamor for H-1B visas to bring the cheap foreign engineers to the USA in order to populate the elites' companies.
</p><p>
Such elites deserve to be pummeled by the fist of Donald Trump.
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The Democratic elites, the Republican elites, the news media, Wall Street, and Silicon Valley (with its horde of South Asian supremacists) joined forces to defeat Donald John Trump, but he prevailed on November 8 to become the 45th president of the United States. According to a <a href=http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21710028-donald-trump-won-fewer-votes-mitt-romneyin-2012-hillary-clinton-did-much-worse>report</a> by "The Economist" and a <a href=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-series-of-strategic-mistakes-likely-sealed-clintons-fate/2016/11/11/82f3fcc0-a840-11e6-ba59-a7d93165c6d4_story.html>report</a> by "The Washington Post", European-American voters in the working class gave him the necessary victories in the rust belt: Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
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European-Americans in the working class have been abandoned by the elites in Washington. For example, according to a <a href=http://www.salon.com/2016/05/07/white_women_are_dying_prematurely_these_numbers_paint_a_grim_portrait_of_americas_underclass_partner/>report</a> by "Salon", "a 2012 study concluded that between 1990 and 2008, white women who had attained only a high school education saw their lifespans shrink by five years." Free trade robbed these women of jobs with decent pay. Meanwhile, Washington diverted its resources toward helping Africans and Hispanics due to the power of the Democratic Party. Forgotten by the Republican and Democratic elites, these women drowned in drugs, alcohol, and their own despair.
</p><p>
The working class needs Trump to help them, and according to a <a href=http://www.npr.org/2016/11/11/501732403/trump-won-their-vote-now-they-want-him-to-meet-expectations>report</a> by NPR, expects that Trump will implement his populist agenda.
</p><p>
After Trump takes the Oath of Office, he must immediately replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with single-payer national health care (SPNHC). For many years before he entered the presidential race, he supported SPNHC. Senator Mitch McConnell specifically mentioned Trump's support of SPNHC when McConnell tried to prevent Trump from becoming the Republican nominee.
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With the money that we save from forcing our military allies to pay their fair share of military defense, we can afford SPNHC, but the Republican elites in Congress may try to force Trump to replace ACA with nothing. We should ally with the supporters of Bernie Sanders, and together, we should organize protests in support of SPNHC.
</p><p>
According to <a href=http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21709951-his-victory-threatens-old-certainties-about-america-and-its-role-world-what-will-take>report</a> after <a href=http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21710012-something-between-reaganism-and-frances-national-front-probably-what-expect>report</a> by "The Economist", the elites expect Trump to fail and to betray his supporters. He should prove them wrong just as he proved them wrong when they expected him to lose the election.
</p>reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17348997959111216658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34177270.post-555940512857494362016-10-14T21:17:00.001-07:002016-10-14T21:20:05.612-07:00Justifying a Vote for Donald Trump<html>
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According to a <a href=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/trump-problem-isn-t-message-it-s-messenger-n624021>report</a> by NBC News, Donald Trump supports the national objectives (e.g., terminating detrimental agreements on trade) that most Americans want.
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At the same time, he has serious flaws in his personality. One flaw is an utter lack of humility, which Senator Susan Collins of Maine noted in her <a href=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/gop-senator-why-i-cannot-support-trump/2016/08/08/821095be-5d7e-11e6-9d2f-b1a3564181a1_story.html>op-ed</a>. These flaws cause many Americans to hesitate at supporting Trump for president.
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In other words, Trump has the right message but is the wrong messenger. So, how should Americans vote in November?
</p><p>
Hillary Clinton has character flaws that are as severe as the character flaws of Donald Trump. (Her callous indifference to "unimportant people" like Christoper Stevens, the late ambassador to Libya, resulted in his death.) So, what distinguishes the 2 presidential candidates is their national objectives for the United States of America. The American voter should choose a candidate on the basis of his national objectives.
</p><p>
In an <a href=http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-and-the-emasculated-voter-1476484865>op-ed</a>, David Gelernter agrees. He wrote, "There is only one way to take part in protecting this nation from Hillary Clinton, and that is to vote for Donald Trump. [...] It’s too bad one has to vote for Mr. Trump. It will be an unhappy moment at best. Some people will feel dirty, or pained, or outright disgraced. But when all is said and done, it’s no big deal of a sacrifice for your country. I can think of bigger ones."
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