From 1850 to 2013, this map shows how demographics have been changing the character of America over the last nearly 200 years.
Seeing this made me think of other maps I've seen about how empires have risen and fallen over time.
Maps from io9:
The Roman Empire or Imperium Romanum (West: 27 BC - AD 476, East: 330 - 1453)
Mongol Empire (1206-1368)
The Ottoman Empire (1299-1823)
French Colonial Empire (1534-1980)
While I do not think of the US as an empire (and it doesn't claim territory like empires of the past), it is still important to remember that just because we live in the modern age, the reality of demographic changes moving borders and affecting culture is no different than it was in the past.
The thing is, the West has stopped properly vetting those who come into their countries. Integration is possible when the incoming people are willing to accept the laws, language, values, and culture of the host nation. However, when newcomers value their native culture, language, and laws above those of the adopted countries they move to, then the character of the adopted country changes. And over time these changes affect the host nation as a whole.
History shows us what happens when these demographic changes occur: the US will change into something different.
Are we all prepared for this? Is this something we want? Even if we don't want this, is there anything that could be done?
Let me know what you think below :D
The US has garrisoned +100 countries in the world so I would not say that the US have not claimed territory. If you do not do as I say then bad thing will happen. Having said that the US is currently undergoing substantial changes in its population makeup and is self inflicted by the policies that it pursued. Mass immigration is another form of conquest!
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I feel that change is indeed something that must happen, but the first graph above was for me something I had never seen and was truly eye opening. It makes you truly think about how this county and the world will change over the next couple centuries. Thank you for the post, and I upvoted and followed!
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Thank you :)
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I don't care what happens but we don t need wars
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^
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Then I would say that you do care what happens, because these demographic changes are never peaceful once they hit the tipping point.
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Very nice! i think these kind of shifts in population/power wont occur in the future anymore...maybe some countries will go bankrupt but what happens to its inhabitants then? Definitely interesting though!
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Why wouldn't they occur anymore? What about this point in history makes it special to the rest of history?
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Every piece of land has pretty much been taken/assigned and because most nations are working together in some sort of group with a lot of international pressure...countries or territories wont be overtaken on such a large scale as they used to be
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The mongols were now joke back in the day. I have read some crazy stuff about them.
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Kinda looks like we've been taken over
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