John Wilder has a new post examining the impact of WWII on the West, entitled: "Living In The Past: The World War II Hangover," where he skewers a few sacred cows. He notes that for the U.S., "[t]he lesson of the war was simple: if you throw enough tax dollars and central planning at a problem, you can save the world." Something that the "Greatest Generation" took to heart apparently as they "voted in all of Johnson’s Great Society crap, and the generation you can thank for the Hart-Cellar Immigration Act of 1965." So how well is the Immigration Act working? Very well, from the perspective of the left, because, as of early 2025, the U.S. foreign-born population was approximately 53.3 million, or about 15.8% of the total population. "Immigrants and their U.S.-born children number more than 93 million people, or 28 percent of the total noninstitutionalized U.S. population in 2024." And "[s]ince 1965, more than 76 million immigrants have come to the U.S."
In his post, "Game Theory and Foreign Insourcing," Vox Day examines another post-WWII legacy: the taking over of American businesses by foreign peoples that, as soon as they get into positions of power, immediately act to fire or drive out whites and hire people from their own cultures. Day comments:
The concept of a pure meritocracy is inherently and uniquely post-WWII American. No other culture shares it, although the degree to which they ignore merit and are content to simply parasitize and pillage the existing capital and infrastucture varies widely from culture to culture.
It’s a uniquely stupid philosophy, since it is, by definition, a self-terminating one. All it takes, as we’ve learned, is one X to find a position in HR, in the immigration office, or on the board, and a port of entry has been established to bring in more X until enough influence has been brought in to start denying entry to everyone who is Not-X.
It’s a very simple exercise in game theory, and the extent to which the American executive class failed game theory can be seen in the percentage of U.S. CEOs and board members who are not American.
It's taught us so many bad lessons.
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