It is indeed astonishing and pathetic to see the language of the "Great replacement" racist conspiracy theory coming from the highest levels of US government.
These are not the words of an ally. Europe must be clear-eyed about who their allies are and are not.
> European governments have so far adamantly refused again and again to reduce immigration
I do not recognise this as reality. This is not how these government have behaved, the ones that I have seen.
> indeed branded overt dissent as "racist"
If they keep calling your position racist, then well, it might be. I get that you're a "free thinker", freely falling into well-worn extremist tropes. Complaining about "the herd" where the problem surely lies for not letting you spread your "cultural and civilisational clash" belief.
But, it's just not convincing.
The demographic trend is factual based on data.
The high level of non-European immigration is a fact based on data and so is the refusal of Western European governments to stop it.
What is unreasoned or ideological there?
I am unsure what reality you live in. You can look at the stats in the UK to observe (not interpret) that successive governments have not reduced immigration even when they claimed that that was what their aim was. This holds in all other Western European countries.
Unclear, too, about what is racist in any of that.
This is bizarre, frankly. QED.
What about the US? The US is a NATO member. Is it majority European? Or majority American?
Brief reflection on these questions will reveal what is meant by this euphemism. White good. Not white bad.
mytailorisrich•2mo ago
Nonwhite is one way to put it, and it's significant enough, but more profoundly they also mean muslim. This has real and extremely far-reaching implications. Possibly the end of the West in the sense of European Christian civilisation. This has significant ramifications for the US, too.
Interesting that this is dismissed and not discussed when this is really the most profound trend on historical scale.
As for the EU, well the US have always been wary of it as a political force so this is nothing new, just more blunt.
IMHO, the assessment of Europe's situation in this National Security Strategy is quite accurate, overall. Perhaps that's why it hurts.
allears•2mo ago
mytailorisrich•2mo ago
> and it's unrealistic (and immoral IMHO) to insist that only certain ethnicities or religions are welcome in certain places.
That's an important issue. I don't think it is unrealistic or immoral because it is not immoral to want to preserve your people and culture. It's not a question of absolute (outright ban) but of proportion.
Anyway, this is something that cannot be discussed on HN, or actually most places. Debate on any non-trivial issue or any deviation from the herd has become impossible.