This is also why nativism was such a big part of fascist movements in the 20th century, too. Tell the majority that they are special, and could live happily ever after if it weren't for all those (insert boogeyman here).

There was also a famous example of this in the 1930s-40s. It's been going on for a long time.

Are you seriously trying to compare illegal immigration with colonialism?

Yes. Can you explain the difference for me? The only difference I can find is that colonialism was done with the support of the people in the country, while immigration in white countries today is being done against the wishes of the people in the country.

Well, immigrants at some point become a problem (I'm one too) especially if they compete for the same low paying positions with no safety net. If you add competition for limited resources you have a bunch of people that are worse off and it's unfair to call them racist, they are just scared and pissed off their way of life that was promised "safe" is not so safe anymore.

The question is, what are we going to do about it? If we keep ignoring the condition of the working class for too long like in this country, you get Trump and the likes.

It's an enormous failure of our political class to have ignored real issues for so long, getting it to the point where pretty much the same thing is happening all around the world, and the plutocrats and billionaires are exploiting it because they can since they have all the power.

Not even a new thing, Rage Against The Machine wrote songs about all of this 20 years ago, it's just that most people weren't paying attention.

> If you can convince enough voters that immigrants are the problem and you are the solution then you can do anything you like.

You can do better than such a low effort swipe.