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> Xenophobia is simply an unworkable idea

Xenophobia was the default for nearly all of human history and core to nearly all successful societies. How is it unworkable?

At its core it’s the same idea as “trust is earned, not given”.

> I feel a similar perplexity about many people in the USA making loud complaints about cultural adulteration

Because we had laws in place to prevent this but they were removed. Immigration is almost always bad for the natives but good for a few elites at the top. Mass immigration in the US plays a large part in the shrinking middle class and growing wealth gap.

I don’t know why you commit 2 paragraphs to discussing people being surprised when that has nothing to do with the recent demographic changes. They’re entirely policy issues.

> Some commentators object with an absolute straight face to hearing so many people speaking Spanish in cities with names like Los Angeles

Because for objectives we care about (safety, affordability, community) it was better when there were less Spanish speaking people.