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[Spoiled Milk]

It's not a 'perfect'/holotypic ethnostate, but on the spectrum of 0% to 100% ethnostate, among the class of developed nations it's further towards ethnostate than most.

You're definitely going to have to quantify and support this statement.

 

[TiredofWinning]

That new RNC spokesperson is awful

Are you David Weigel?

 

[Deleted member 231381]

You're definitely going to have to quantify and support this statement.

I mean, what in particular? Take the UK, Germany, France, Spain - in none of those major European nations does the predominant party claim to be the sole representative of their dominant ethnicity's interests qua ethnic interests. They typically compete on non-ethnic grounds. The Republican Party is almost unique in terms of its size, success, and focus on being the sole political representative of the 'true' American people. Le Pen didn't win.

 

[Teggy]

Kill me now

U.S. Commerce Dept.
U.S. Commerce Dept. @CommerceGov
.@DiamondandSilk is visiting @USMBDA here at @CommerceGov today to discuss how to grow their business and build their brand.

 

[jack_package_200]

Are you David Weigel?

Somebody talked. Its no longer safe. Weeeeee

Spoiler

Nah, a friend texted that screen cap to me

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

Kill me now

Context needed

 

[TheAbsolution]

New CNN polls find 3/4th of Americans can't trust most of what comes out of White House.
Holy shit. Approval rating is 38%
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/894711019716653056

 

[whyamihere]

New CNN polls find 3/4th of Americans can't trust most of what comes out of White House.
Holy shit. Approval rating is 38%
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/894711019716653056

yeesh. They had been one of the better polls for Trump

 

[Random Human]

All those talking heads who said Trump's policies and messaging were loved by his base and he could do no wrong and lies don't matter etc etc etc are looking more foolish by the minute.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

So much for the theory that Trump being on vacation would cause him to tick up a bit from not doing anything disastrous

 

[Teggy]

Context needed

Diamond and Silk are just a couple of female AfAmer youtubers who gained mild popularity by doing dumb videos about their love for Trump/hate of Clinton. The government is helping them "build their brand."

 

[kirblar]

I mean, what in particular? Take the UK, Germany, France, Spain - in none of those major European nations does the predominant party claim to be the sole representative of their dominant ethnicity's interests qua ethnic interests. They typically compete on non-ethnic grounds. The Republican Party is almost unique in terms of its size, success, and focus on being the sole political representative of the 'true' American people. Le Pen didn't win.

Don't worry, it's far better in the UK, where both parties are unwilling to oppose a self-destructive Brexit path because they're scared to death of pissing off racist voters.

Oh wait, that's even worse.

 

[Prof. Bathtub]

All those talking heads who said Trump's policies and messaging were loved by his base and he could do no wrong and lies don't matter etc etc etc are looking more foolish by the minute.

Unfortunately, they are hard to deter.

 

[TheAbsolution]

yeesh. They had been one of the better polls for Trump

Yeah, when only half of republicans trust what the White House says, that's really really not good news.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

This article features a test to see if you would be able to apply for immigration under RAISE.

 

[Widdle Puppy]

Absolutely disgusting how district lines are currently drawn. This shit needs way more awareness than what it's currently getting and needs to be brought to court. 2018 isn't going to go well.

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

Diamond and Silk are just a couple of female AfAmer youtubers who gained mild popularity by doing dumb videos about their love for Trump/hate of Clinton. The government is helping them "build their brand."

So it's like the 400 dollar juicer

 

[Spoiled Milk]

I mean, what in particular? Take the UK, Germany, France, Spain - in none of those major European nations does the predominant party claim to be the sole representative of their dominant ethnicity's interests qua ethnic interests. They typically compete on non-ethnic grounds. The Republican Party is almost unique in terms of its size, success, and focus on being the sole political representative of the 'true' American people. Le Pen didn't win.

I dunno what ethnostate means but I was assuming it meant "a nation-state formed around the concept of a single ethnicity" which appears to me to be almost every country in Europe. The stuff that determines why Alsace-Lorraine belongs to France (because "french people live there"). Here's my tabulation:

Andorra: 33% Catalan
Australia: 91.2% White
Austria: 92% Austrian/German
Belgium: 55% Flemish, 35.6% Walloon (who live in the north and south respectively)
Canada: 21.6% Canadian, 14.1% English, 10.6% French, 10.1% Scottish, 9.3% Irish, 6.8% German, 3.1% Italian (75.6% White)
Chile: 88% White Hispanic
Denmark: 89% Danish
Finland: 89% Finnish
France: 89% French origin, but ethnic makeup impossible to determine by law
Germany: 91% German
Greece: 93% Greek
Hungary: 83% Hungarian
Iceland: 93% Icelandic
Italy: 92% Italian
Japan: 98.5% Japanese
Malta: Almost entirely Maltese
Ireland: Irish: 84.5%
Netherlands: 81% Dutch
New Zealand: 74% White
Norway: 94.4% Norwegian
Portugal: Almost entirely "Mediterranean"
Monaco: 47% French
Sweden: Almost entirely "Swedish"
Switzerland: 65% German, 18% French
Taiwan: 95% Han Chinese
United Kingdom: This one's difficult for me. You're going to have to break it down because I'm having trouble with it.
United States: 63% Non Hispanic White
Spain: Not even going to attempt this.

(In New World countries, white is more important than specific European ethnicities, whereas in Europe I used ethnicity a little more precisely.)

If you're defining ethnostate as a country transitioning to or is already a Herrenvolk democracy, then I'd say that those only appear in countries that are at risk of losing ethnostate status. As far as the developed world is concern, only countries like the United States, Canada the UK, and Spain (just barely) have really managed to have a multiethnic experiment in democracy and survived. That's notable.

 

[Ecotic]

The Scaramucci fiasco really damaged Trump a bit, I think. They advertised the Scaramucci hire as the competent guy who was going to clean up a badly run shop, and to prove it they ousted Spicer and Priebus. Then the guy implodes within a week.

38% actually improves his polling average these days.

 

[sphagnum]

This article features a test to see if you would be able to apply for immigration under RAISE.

I'm a straight white male fluent in English and even I didn't pass that.

 

[hawk2025]

This article features a test to see if you would be able to apply for immigration under RAISE.

Passed

But the point distribution is so non-sensical. Is this really representative of the bill?

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Is an immigration plan that tests English proficiency even constitutional? English is not our official language and there's no requirement to ever utter a single English word to live a decent life in the US.

 

[IggyChooChoo]

Donald Tusk of Poland is from the Kashubian ethnic minority group, a tiny group in Poland.

Dilma Roussef in Brazil was Bulgarian-Brazilian.

Sarkozy's dad was a Hungarian immigrant, and his mom was half Greek-Jewish. Andrew Jackson's parents were Scots Irish immigrants, which was a pretty significantly different ethnicity at the time.

 

[AndyD]

Is an immigration plan that tests English proficiency even constitutional? English is not our official language and there's no requirement to ever utter a single English word to live a decent life in the US.

Current naturalization interviews require that you maintain a basic and brief conversation in English.

 

[shem935]

Passed

But the point distribution is so non-sensical. Is this really representative of the bill?

Methodology

For greater clarity, some answers are simplified from what appears in the bill. For example, the legislation proposes an English test, with points allotted based on the applicant's performance. We instead created categories ranking English ability. The question about job salaries took the bill's original language regarding "150% of median income" and calculated actual salaries based on the U.S. median household income of $51,939 in 2014. The full text of the bill can be found here.

.

 

[hawk2025]

I just think it's funny that the same people that claim to be "originalists" about American values are the ones blatantly wanting to distort what immigration to America is all about.

Fuck off, you are not fooling anyone.

 

[Y2Kev]

More whining from the left. Trump has done many things. Supreme Court. Borders. Jobs. Factories. Sandwiches. Production. Locomotion. Employment. Immigration. Men having sex with men. Politics. Base is strong. Gang violence going away. Muslims out.

 

[shem935]

More whining from the left. Trump has done many things. Supreme Court. Borders. Jobs. Factories. Sandwiches. Production. Locomotion. Employment. Immigration. Men having sex with men. Politics. Base is strong. Gang violence going away. Muslims out.

I'm disappointed this wasn't 140 characters.

 

[hawk2025]

A Nobel Prize winner with a PhD from a foreign institution and poor English barely qualifies, lol

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Current naturalization interviews require that you maintain a basic and brief conversation in English.

Well that's dumb? There are entire communities where an English word is barely spoken. It's not our official language and there should be no requirement to learn it.

 

[human5892]

That new RNC spokesperson is awful

smh... more treason from the Trump administration

 

[Mr. Lemming]

This article features a test to see if you would be able to apply for immigration under RAISE.

I pass but only because I just got a promotion.

 

[Spoiled Milk]

I think my score is negative.

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

This article features a test to see if you would be able to apply for immigration under RAISE.

I don't even pass this. I miss the mark by 4 points.

 

[GrapeApes]

This article features a test to see if you would be able to apply for immigration under RAISE.

Made it with points to spare. Being a Nobel prize and Olympic medal winner really helped.

 

[shadow_shogun]

Context needed

Diamond and Silk are just a couple of female AfAmer youtubers who gained mild popularity by doing dumb videos about their love for Trump/hate of Clinton. The government is helping them "build their brand."

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

.....I must've skimmed over AfAmer...

Now this is even more personal.

 

[Barzul]

This article features a test to see if you would be able to apply for immigration under RAISE.

I miss out by two points. Next year I'd get in but not today.

 

[RustyNails]

Anyone else watching/watched Why Trump Won on CNN with Fareed Zakaria?

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Anyone else watching/watched Why Trump Won on CNN with Fareed Zakaria?

Sorry, election PTSD

 

[Mario]

This article features a test to see if you would be able to apply for immigration under RAISE.

White male, fluent English, two bachelors degrees, 42, and a co founder/CEO of a company worth tens of millions so I'd expect a salary over $155k - I only just pass with 34/30. Should have gone for an Olympic medal in my spare time.

WTF at "wanting to invest in a new commercial enterprise but with an amount less than $1.35m" being worth zero points. Is that actually the case in the policy where fronting up with $1m to start your business doesn't move the needle? Or an error in the survey?

 

[Autodidact]

WTF at "wanting to invest in a new commercial enterprise but with an amount less than $1.35m" being worth zero points. Is that actually the case in the policy where fronting up with $1m to start your business doesn't move the needle? Or an error in the survey?

Their philosophy can be most succinctly expressed as "Pay big or stay home."

 

[Pixieking]

This article features a test to see if you would be able to apply for immigration under RAISE.

My wife would pass... Even without a job offer (she's a teacher). That is assuming

Foreign professional degree or doctorate in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics

is counting a Maths & Physics Bachelors and Teacher's Degree. If not, then nope!

 

[BlastProcessing]

Look at this SJW.

Spoiler

The two tiers are

1. The normal, good tier that puts brown people in jail
2. The evil Deep State tier that attacks rich white dudes

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

Look at this SJW.

Spoiler

The two tiers are

1. The normal, good tier that puts brown people in jail
2. The evil Deep State tier that attacks rich white dudes

Did Bob Mueller come into contact with another person with democrat ties again?

 

[tmarg]

My wife would pass... Even without a job offer (she's a teacher). That is assuming


is counting a Maths & Physics Bachelors and Teacher's Degree. If not, then nope!

I think a teaching degree is considered Masters level. You'd need a PhD or MD equivalent.

 

[B-Dubs]

This article features a test to see if you would be able to apply for immigration under RAISE.

I'd miss out by two points. Given my career track I wouldn't be able to make it past this screening without a Nobel Prize in Literature.

 

[Barzul]

My wife would pass... Even without a job offer (she's a teacher). That is assuming


is counting a Maths & Physics Bachelors and Teacher's Degree. If not, then nope!

I think Professional here might be limited to medical professions. Haven't looked at the exact wording of the bill and how it defines that. Anyways it's DOA in the Senate.

 

[Autodidact]

I'd miss out by two points. Given my career track I wouldn't be able to make it past this screening without a Nobel Prize in Literature.

Get writin', plebe.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

I don't pass by 2 points lol