𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀?

Posted on: October 8, 2024 at 18:38:13 CT

The decisive factor, which many on the institutional Left would rather conceal, is one of power. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗮’𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗱, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗶—𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝘁—𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁. This is the reality of replacement: the strong do what they can, and the weak do what they must.

https://www.city-journal.org/article/charleroi-pennsylvania-grapples-with-surge-of-haitian-migrants

Charleroi, Pennsylvania, is a deeply troubled place. The former steel town, built along a stretch of the Monongahela River, south of Pittsburgh, has experienced the typical Rust Belt rise and fall. The industrial economy, which had turned it into something resembling a company town, hollowed out after the Second World War. Some residents fled; others succumbed to vices. The steel mills disappeared. Two drug-abuse treatment centers have since opened their doors."

"The town’s population had steadily declined since the middle of the twentieth century, with the most recent Census reporting slightly more than 4,000 residents. Then, suddenly, things changed. Local officials estimate that approximately 2,000 predominantly Haitian migrants have moved in."

"The municipal government has felt the strain. The town, already struggling with high rates of poverty and unemployment, has been forced to assimilate thousands of new arrivals."

"The basic pattern in Charleroi has been replicated in thousands of cities and towns across America: the federal government has opened the borders to all comers; a web of publicly funded NGOs has facilitated the flow of migrants within the country; local industries have welcomed the arrival of cheap, pliant labor."
[It should be noted that NGOs often receive significant public funding.]

"The best way to understand the migrant crisis is to follow the flow of people, money, and power—in other words, to trace the supply chain of human migration. In Charleroi, we have mapped the web of institutions that have facilitated the flow of migrants from Port-au-Prince."

"The key question in Charleroi is the fundamental question of politics: Who decides? The citizens of the United States, and of Charleroi, have been assured since birth that they are the ultimate sovereign. The government, they were told, must earn the consent of the governed. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗶 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺—𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗼𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱."

"The decisive factor, which many on the institutional Left would rather conceal, is one of power. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗮’𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗱, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗶—𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝘁—𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁. This is the reality of replacement: the strong do what they can, and the weak do what they must."

by Christopher Rufo