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Chicago Mayor mad TX is flying illegals there
submitted 4 months ago by Musky from midi.moe
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[–]Musky[S] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun - 4 months ago (11 children)
No... no, it didn't. Texas is about 39.3% Hispanic. It just flipped over from being majority-white-non-Hispanic to being majority-minority-white-non-Hispanic.
I tell no lies.
I have nothing against Hispanics, my niece is half Hispanic. But I don't want to live in Mexico. They're going to just end up recreating the same bullshit they fled.
[–]Hematomato 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 4 months ago (10 children)
I am skeptical that the Hispanic population of Texas has reached 40.02%, but whether or not it has, 40.02% is not a majority. The word "majority" means "more than 50%."
Mexico's main problem is that its cartels have more money than its government. This is not a failure of culture or government; it's just economic laws in action.
Based on Mexico's population pyramid, it is well-poised to become a major world superpower by about 2050. The U.S. and China both have population pyramids that are irredeemably upside-down, and economies cannot flourish in those circumstances. Mexico has one of the healthiest in the world.
[–]Musky[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun - 4 months ago (7 children)
Majority doesn't just mean more than 50%
It absolutely is a failure of the culture to acquiesce to crime and corruption as they have.
Based on Mexico's population pyramid, is well-poised to become a major world superpower by about 2050.
Hahaha, are you drunk? I think this is the first point you've made I've ever seen that I just found silly. That's not how superpowers work. India isn't a superpower just because they have an ungodly amount of people. They still poop on the streets.
Mexico has one of the healthiest in the world.
Okay, I'm definitely going to chalk this up to the booze. Why aren't the illegals aren't staying in Mexico for their great economy?
[–]Hematomato 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 4 months ago* (6 children)
Mathematically, the word "majority" means "more than 50%." Dictionaries describe language, so they describe the sloppy ways people write when they don't know the word "plurality."
It is not. In groups, people follow the rules of economics as surely as molecules follow the laws of physics. One person may resist economic pressure and act to their own economic detriment for moral reasons; a population will never do so.
Hahaha, are you drunk?
Of course. It's NYE.
I think this is the first point you've made I've ever seen that I just found silly. That's not how superpowers work. India isn't a superpower just because they have an ungodly amount of people. They still poop on the streets.
A population pyramid doesn't describe the number of people a country has. It describes the ages of the people. India has an ungodly number of dependent children. Mexico has a huge number of teenagers who are just on the cusp of hitting working age, with comparatively few children and retirees to support.
Countries with a population pyramid like that tend to become superpowers. Mexico's looks a lot like the United States's did in 1960.
You may not have been paying attention, but illegal immigration from Mexico has plummetted. Fifteen years ago, most of our illegal immigrants were coming from Mexico. Today, they're coming through Mexico, from Central America. In twenty years, it's likely they'll want to stay in Mexico.
[–]Questionable 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun - 4 months ago (1 child)
Not if our government is giving them welfare to live off those of us who are working for a living. The federal government and sanctuary cities are to blame for this, not Texas or their Governor.
[–]Hematomato 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 4 months ago (0 children)
Every credible study has found that undocumented immigrants contribute far more to the economy in underpaid labor than they drain from it in entitlements.
[–]binaryblob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 4 months ago (3 children)
One of the meanings of the word "plurality" according to Oxford Languages (which is the world’s leading dictionary publisher, with over 150 years of experience creating and delivering authoritative dictionaries globally in more than 50 languages):
the number of votes cast for a candidate who receives more than any other but does not receive an absolute majority.
As such when there is no election of relevance, this meaning does not apply. Please try again, but this time with sources.
[–]Hematomato 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 4 months ago (2 children)
Here you go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majority
The word "majority" means "more than half the total." The word "plurality" means "the largest of the groups."
Pretty simple stuff that you really should have learned in high school.
[–]binaryblob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 4 months ago (1 child)
I already had read that before I had written my response.
Your meaning of plurality only has that meaning in set theory, not in casual conversation, like this. So, I am sorry, but I don't agree. I would be in favor of updating the dictionary, however.
Also, since English isn't my first language, I should not have learned that in high school. I did learn plurality in university during a course on logic.
Yes, I agree that in casual conversation people use extremely sloppy language. They just misuse words they know instead of looking up words they don't. And when the mistake is common, it's added to dictionaries, because dictionaries are descriptive.
[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 4 months ago (1 child)
The word "majority" means "more than 50%.
100% wrong. The largest group is the majority.
[–]Hematomato 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 4 months ago (0 children)
Sorry, you're confidently incorrect. The word "majority" means "more than 50%."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majority
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