Americans Lose Faith That Hard Work Leads to Economic Gains, WSJ-NORC Poll Finds

You could just as easily argue that we simply aren't creating enough jobs to make use of the labor force, which traditionally has been a very dangerous place for an empire—especially the core—to be in.

I agree the empire is in a very dangerous place because it has expanded the labor force more rapidly than it has expanded supply of jobs. This is an existential risk to the empire.

The US is quickly becoming something else than the core of the global economy. The signs have been there already: advanced chips are done somewhere else, manufacturing in general is done in other places as well. What we see now is the biggest companies hiring in other countries like India and employing AI instead of workers. The US population is becoming less and less relevant.

The elites have put themselves in a position where the two main options are the sentiment above or Luigi Mangione. It honestly scares me a bit what's coming.

It no longer scares me, it gives me a lot of hope and I think most people my age and younger feel similarly.

> If the foreigners were positively contributing to the economy their economic output would create jobs as well.

They do—actually, by a massive margin compared to citizens born here—we just don't have the legal immigration framework set up to support this.

EDIT: I was unaware a "debate" was even happening, I was just clarifying that immigrants start businesses at a massively higher rate than birthright citizens do.

That's certainly a... very specific perspective, can you share where you're coming from?