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spurgeonryan said:

Learn and speak American English, Catholic or atheist,  pop culture, etc.

You seem to be a bit ignorant about religion in the US, Protestant is much larger than Catholicism in the US, Though Catholism is growing rapidly recently due to the rising numbers of Latin people.

Perhaps you should be kicked out of the states until you learn a bit about the US history?



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spurgeonryan said:

Learn and speak American English, Catholic or atheist,  pop culture, etc.

 

Would they stay, would they still come?

By lifestyle I will assume that you are referring to the high income that a lot of Americans perceive, and that's precisely what a lot of migrants are seeking. 

When people go to the United States, learning the English language is mostly a given, your country has freedom of belief and pop culture is part of the mass consumption culture, to which the populations of a lot of many developing countries are also part of. 



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For the most part immigrants integrate into America very well.

Especially by the 2nd generation, they virtually all speak English and like the same things any other American kid does.

Forcing any kind of religion on anyone is about as Un-American as it gets.

American "pop culture" is not some singular monolith entity either, hip hop/rap is American culture for example. Many kids of every ethnicity gravitate towards that. Most people like big budget Hollywood movies to begin with. Most people like some kind of fast food to begin with. Most people can understand Michael Jordan or LeBron James dunking a basketball easy enough or get into the Superbowl. 



what the fuck?

America isn't divided to those groups.

what a ridiculous thread



 

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Ummm Catholic? Last time I checked the US is mostly Protestant XD



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That'd sure be fun watching everyone try to agree on what constitutes the American "lifestyle". Don't think that would go too well.



spurgeonryan said:

Learn and speak American English, Catholic or atheist,  pop culture, etc.

 

Would they stay, would they still come?

So you are basically asking if america ditched democracy and freedom and adopted a more authoritarian state that wanted to monitor and dictate everything you do would people still come. PRobably not as that is usually what they are escaping from in the first place.



If immigrants can deal with the racism they can deal with anything.



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spurgeonryan said:
jigokutamago said:
Have you been to America?

Yeah, lived here my whole life, in fact I think I am American. I know it is a hodgepodge of everything, that is not the point of this though.

But that's exactly the point. The USA has always been a hodgepodge, so there's no one option for all the various elements of society to conform to. 

Given you can't force natural born Americans to conform to a particular set of lifestyle factors how are you going decide on  the one way of doing things let alone actually enforcing it?

Workable English is just about the only strict rule that could be enforced. 



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It be nice to speak English so you can understand what people are trying to say. No drivers license for illegals but a a form of license that allows you to drive for a select time which you need to get renewed. So if you get pulled over the police instantly know you should be driving or not.