Is there an "American people?"

An unpopular truth

[Reprinted from Issues & Views October 7, 2002]

The no-nonsense Paul Craig Roberts in his syndicated column, "Are You Ready for WWIV?," describes the goals of those in this country who are determined to politically "reconstruct" the Middle East by toppling various regimes, and asks, "Are the American people prepared to bear the tax and economic burden of such a prodigious undertaking?" He then sets forth other realities about the current make-up of the American population:

A more critical question is whether open borders have turned "the American people" into an abstraction. The Washington Post has always favored massive immigration because it builds Democratic voting rolls. But on Sept. 15, the newspaper called the United States a "Tower of Babel" whose sense of community has been shattered by the rise of ethnic media. . . .

California has 500 ethnic newspapers, magazines, TV and radio stations, and online publications. The Post reports that there are "15 Thai-language newspapers in Los Angeles, several 24-hour radio stations for Pashto and Dari Speakers." Orange County has 30 Vietnamese publications, and California has 7 major ethnic dailies and flourishing Spanish-language TV networks.

The Post asks: "If you can't understand what your fellow subway rider is reading, if you can't follow the opinions he or she listens to each night, how can you hope to hold a discussion about national politics? Aren't our opinions and national discourse likely to become ever more Balkanized?"

One wonders where the editors of the Post have been for at least the last 20 years, as this question has been asked repeatedly by those whom such entities as the Post have smeared as racial bigots.

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