Mar 23, 2016 4:49 AM GMT
Drumpf mania taps into our nastiest fears, and apparently even some Canadians are on board!
The other day I was having drinks with a friend and his friend who is visiting from Vancouver. Of course, all he talked about was real estate and how the Chinese are buying up all the condos and houses there. He even went to a neighborhood protest against the demolition of a multi-million dollar house that was 20 years old because it was going to be replaced with an even bigger house by its Asian owner. He went on and on about how one suburb has turned into an ethnic ghetto - by ghetto he meant instead of mostly white and middle class it became mostly Chinese and wealthy. He suggested that we stop allowing immigration from Asia - he actually said "shut them down" lol. Resentment? Jealousy? If I lived in a place like that where the migrants are bringing in buckets of cash instead of poverty or jihad, I'd have no complaints
The other day I was having drinks with a friend and his friend who is visiting from Vancouver. Of course, all he talked about was real estate and how the Chinese are buying up all the condos and houses there. He even went to a neighborhood protest against the demolition of a multi-million dollar house that was 20 years old because it was going to be replaced with an even bigger house by its Asian owner. He went on and on about how one suburb has turned into an ethnic ghetto - by ghetto he meant instead of mostly white and middle class it became mostly Chinese and wealthy. He suggested that we stop allowing immigration from Asia - he actually said "shut them down" lol. Resentment? Jealousy? If I lived in a place like that where the migrants are bringing in buckets of cash instead of poverty or jihad, I'd have no complaints
