Re: Anti-keynesianism and extremism in Europe

["ÁÎ×Ó¹â HenryC.K.Liu ¹ù¤l¥ú" <hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

America is a nation of immigrants, despite its inability to live up to the ideals
of that unique national heritage.
European nation states are different.  They have policy of imported labor, out of
expediency rather than ideology or heritage.
Race is also an unspoken issue.  The term Europe carries heavy racial tones.  That
is a reaon why the EU never look across the Mediterean to incorporate the North
African states, despite the fact England and Germany fought over the strategic
territory in WWII.

Asians and African use to tell stories of American racial incidents they
experienced during their visits.  Now the location of the stories have shifter
more to Europe, including liberal Scandinavia.  The last time I was in Copohagan,
my taxi driver from India bended my ears about the racial hostility he experienced
daily and how he missed London.

Of course, every foreigner will tell you stories about Japan.

Henry

Sven R Larson wrote:

> I get your point, but it's not easy to make comparisons between the
> nation states of Europe and the US in this respect. The immigration
> issue in Europe is almost entirely an ethnic issue - one ethnically
> homogeneous population receives immigration from other parts of the
> world and has more or less of a problem to receive these groups. In the
> US, the population is multi-ethnic in a completely different way, and
> therefore immigration policy in Europe tends to be much more of a hot
> potato than in America. European nation states consist, to be a bit
> rough, of one "people", one language and one currency. Now that the
> currency is being phased out there is a tendency to hold on tighter to
> the remaining hallmarks of "national identity".
>
> /srl
>
> Ronald Calitri wrote:
> >
> > In the US now, many benefits are kept from migrants. Food Stamps, believe it
> > or not!
> > Good Luck,
> > Ronald Calitri
>
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