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[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

America wasn't built on just immigrants, it was built upon a certain type of immigrants: opportunists who placed greed above everything else. It shows.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The first waves, sure. Once you get to the Irish escaping the famine or the Italians escaping Mussolini, it became more about just survival.

The OGs were racist as fuck towards them, too.

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

They served as fuel for the social structures the first waves built.