Demographics

It's all about the demographics.

Recently this came to mind when I responded to Texas Fred and his post about the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836.

For those being historically-challenged, the Battle of San Jacinto was, essentially, Texas fighting Mexico on April 21st of 1896. Mexican General Santa Anna aligned his superior forces against those of Sam Houston. To quote:

When Houston's long awaited order to advance was given, the Texans did not hesitate. When within seventy yards the word "fire" was given, the Texan shouts of "Remember the Alamo" and "Remember Goliad" rang along the entire line. Within a short time, 700 Mexicans were slain, with another 730 taken as prisoners. The battle for Texas was won.

That was then; this is now.

I wrote a comment in Texas Fred's post:

I do not see either side of the aisle much interested in saving this nation, solely on the grounds of overeducated white male guilt. People don’t like to admit it, but it’s all about race, culture and, moreover, demographics. Mexicans are procreating at a much greater rate than anyone else in America, including blacks, whites, asiatics. That will be our future. In Europe, Muslims are procreating at a much greater rate. Their future will be with Islam.

There is no stepping back; there is no regaining our country. We do not have the will. We can only hope that it comes in an orderly fashion and that we somehow manage to instill more of our culture on Mexicans, than they wish to bring from Mexico. Otherwise the USA will be nothing more than Mexico now — the Mexicans WANT to flee Mexico. There will come a time, Fred, long after you and I are gone, when people, mostly Mexicans, will finally look at the United States (or whatever it may be called by then) and decide THEY must flee THESE shores.

They will have done it to themselves.

It is quite sad indeed, to believe this is my country’s future. But I do not see common sense and logic winning the day. There are too many stupid, accepting and blinded people in this nation, too many with their hands out, hoping and longing for a Free Ride on the back of someone else. Until, of course, we RUN OUT of “someone else”s.

Mark Steyn, all looming 6'6" of him, has written extensively about demographics in his most recent book (which I shall shamelessly plug here), because it is one of the MOST IMPORTANT books to have been published in, perhaps, the past five years.

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In this book he makes the same assertion as me: that demographics shall become everything. To wit:

Europe, laments Steyn, is almost certainly a goner. The future, if the West has one, belongs to America alone—with maybe its cousins in brave Australia. But America can survive, prosper, and defend its freedom only if it continues to believe in itself, in the sturdier virtues of self-reliance (not government), in the centrality of family, and in the conviction that our country really is the world’s last best hope.

Steyn argues that, contra the liberal cultural relativists, America should proclaim the obvious: we do have a better government, religion, and culture than our enemies, and we should spread America’s influence around the world—for our own sake as well as theirs.

These things are quite obvious to me and, unfortunately, clearly obfuscated to so many others on these shores.

And isn't that the frustration that you and I, and anyone reading my blog, share?

BZ