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Germany needs 500k new immigrants every year (thelocal.de)
3 points by zerr on Jan 10, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


Odd how birth-rates are treated as just set in stone, and we can't do anything about them. No other social problem is approached this way.

> At the same time, immigration fosters diversity, which in turn makes us a better country and a better society.

I'm sure if he had made the opposite claim, he'd be assaulted with demands for proof, and any proof given would be dismissed as inconclusive. On the other hand, claim it in a different context, and I've never seen it questioned:

"British imperialists long knew that the best way to divide and conquer was by creating “countries” riven with tribal differences." -- https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/09/can-democracy-surviv...


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