TheDataVet

When I do these sit-downs, I get peppered with questions, and sometimes I miss the core of what the questioner is actually asking. I thought he was asking if America's form of government, as outlined in the Constitution, would be possible in a nation of 90% Christian Indians. My point was that, as John Adams famously said, "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." I was focusing on the religious and moral character aspect of the hypothetical question. And presuming they were a moral and upright group of Christian Indians, then yes, the American form of government could serve them well. But watching this back, it's clear he's actually asking if America would still be America if you could snap your finger and change America to 90% Christian Indians. The correct answer is, of course, not. America is a PEOPLE with shared history, values, and geography. You cannot replace Americans with non-Americans and have it still be America. Which is why getting our immigration system in order is fundamental to our country's future well-being. When we allow people into our country who do not share our values, we fundamentally corrode the nation. Our foundations—legally, spiritually, philosophically, and culturally—are from the West. That's Common Law, the Magna Carta, Christianity, etc. But adding anyone has risks, just like adding Canada to America as the 51st state could negatively impact the country (namely by adding a bunch of liberal Canadians), even while it's majority white westerners. The ideas and values of America are big enough and strong enough for other groups to assimilate into them (key word is assimilate, and if done orderly and slowly over time), but I am not convinced that a 90% Indian Christian country would resemble America at all. That hypothetical country could perhaps use the Constitution successfully, but it would be something entirely different than America. We are a great people with great ideas, not a great idea with people.

We are not selling out America for five basis points of GDP growth. The DIGNIDAD amnesty bill is two middle fingers to everyone who elected us.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Treasury Secretary Bessent says President Trump is preparing an executive order forcing banks to collect citizenship data from customers.

Oracle and Amazon filed thousands of H-1B visa petitions over the past two fiscal years while cutting thousands of U.S.-born jobs, per NYP