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Immigration was critical to have enough manpower to exploit the vast untapped resources of the "undiscovered" continent. So were guns. A lot of shit that seems weird by modern standards actually makes perfect sense in the context of historical empire-building.
That’s fine, but it hasn’t been necessary for decades.
I'm not talking about whether it's necessary, I'm talking about why it's culturally ingrained.