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Why don't low birth-rate countries make immigration to their country easier? (fedia.io)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Wouldn't they benefit from more people? Of course it would come with the condition of learning the language at an acceptable level and that being tied to residency.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (5 children)

I agree with everything up until you said “dilutes”. I would argue that immigrant cultures don’t dilute the host country’s culture, they add to it. In other words, the culture that was there still exists in the same amount and in the same “concentration”, and immigrants bring their culture to newly developing areas of the country/state.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Its very hard to add more of something else and not have dilution.

Take 1 litre of vodka and add 1 decilitre of water - there will be more fluid but the vodka will be?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

framing is important though. Nobody considers a cocktail 'diluted' even if that's technically applicable, the resultant mixture usually improves the beverage.

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