The National question illuminated
posted by Unixxstar
In his book “Alien Nation”, Peter Brimelow, an immigrant from England to the U.S., poses our “National Question” in this excerpt from the book.
“From the point of view of members of the American New Class,
immigration is manna from heaven. It gives them endless excuses to intervene in society. It enables them to distinguish themselves from the xenophobic masses. And, by introducing diverse populations, it strikes at the nation-state’s Achilles’ heel: the need for homogeneity.
Eventually, Roberts may even get her wish. Like the Prussian
army, the American political class will be the nation (state . . .
polity). Given enough diversity, only their exercise of raw authoritarian power can possibly hold the warring tribes together.
By reneging on the Constitutionally enjoined duty to protect the states “against invasion,” the American political class will have not only destroyed the nation but also betrayed its obligation to guarantee a “Republican form of government.”
But not yet. At the end of the twentieth century, the central issue in American politics is what might be described as “The National Question”—
• Is America still that interlacing of ethnicity and culture we call a nation—and can the American nation-state, the political expression of that nation, survive?”
My take – if current trends continue much into the future – no.
