If the United States is compared to a company, when the company was first established, its founders were mainly white immigrants from Europe. At that time, 65,438+000% of American companies were owned by whites. Later, with the development of time, in order to attract talents and labor, the United States gradually adopted a more relaxed immigration policy, and during the Civil War, it also absorbed blacks through the declaration of abolition of slavery.
At this time, although American companies were still absolutely controlled by white people, other shareholders, such as Asians, African-Americans and Hispanics, were gradually introduced to American companies, at least in name.
the Civil War
By 20 18, according to American media statistics, white people account for about 60% of the American population. That is to say, if the United States was founded in 1776, whites lost 40% of the shares of this "company" in the United States in 240 years, and this number is still expanding.
According to their calculations, if we continue to develop in the current way, then around 2040, that is, 20 years later, the proportion of white people in the United States will be less than 50%. From the company's point of view, white people will lose their "controlling stake" in American companies.
Then, 20 years later, when the proportion of ethnic minorities in the American population exceeds that of whites, can whites still "control" the United States?
First, although whites are still dominant in the American population, ethnic minorities are dominant in terms of the proportion of whites in immigrants and the birth rate in the United States, which doomed whites to lose their demographic advantage.
In terms of population, although the number of whites in the United States is still 60%, this number is shrinking, and a very important feature is that the problem of white aging is more serious. A large proportion of the 60% population are elderly people.
On the other hand, African-Americans, Asian-Americans and Hispanics are rapidly increasing, and these people have an advantage over whites in age.
More crucially, the increase in the number of whites is far less than the increase in the population of ethnic minorities such as Hispanics and Africans.
This phenomenon is mainly caused by two reasons. First, most white people live in developed countries such as Europe, while others live a good life at home. They certainly don't want to emigrate from Wan Li to the United States.
African-Americans and Hispanics are mostly countries in underdeveloped regions. For them, the United States is like the time of reform and opening up, and for China people, it is synonymous with advanced development. Naturally, many people try their best to immigrate to America.
White supremacy is on the march.
America is a country of immigrants. Immigration was and still is an important part of population growth. A large number of ethnic minorities immigrated to the United States, which naturally reduced the proportion of white Americans in the population.
Secondly, the birth rate is also a very important factor. The birth rate of white Americans is only about half that of ethnic minorities, or even less. In other words, regardless of the difference in population base, every white child in the United States will have two or more minority children at the same time.
Now white people can still maintain their advantage, because the white population base is larger, which narrows the gap. However, with the expansion of the proportion of ethnic minorities in the American population, the gap in birth rate will become wider and wider until whites lose their "controlling stake" in the United States.
Second, although in the near future, whites will lose their "controlling stake" in this "company" in the United States, because whites currently hold most of the wealth and assets in the United States, they will remain the masters of the United States for a long time.
Control right is a commercial concept, which means that in a joint-stock company, the major shareholders hold more than 50% of the shares, which can determine the future direction and major issues of the company. Where the proportion exceeds 5 1%, it is called relative controlling interest. Accounting for more than 67%, it is called absolute controlling interest.
From this concept, white Americans have lost absolute control over American companies, but they still have relative control, which seems to be proved by recent black protests.
However, this is only an illusion. Just like in business, although the majority shareholder of many companies does not exceed 565,438+0%, there are still various ways to have absolute control over the company. Although the proportion of white Americans has decreased, their control over the United States has actually increased.
This can actually be seen from the current black protests. When the Cold War was fierce decades ago, the number of ethnic minorities in the United States was not as large as it is now, but the black "affirmative movement" led by Martin Luther King made great progress and the rights of blacks were greatly improved. Finally, the FBI was forced to assassinate Martin Luther King by assassination.
Martin Luther king
However, the African-American protest movement has been going on for several months without any results. It has made the white people more United. Black people March and protest every day. As a result, the government did not take it seriously and did not make any changes. If it hadn't been for the Democratic Party's support for coming to power, some riots might not have happened and were forcibly suppressed by the police.
From this point of view, although the proportion of whites has decreased, their control over American countries has not actually decreased. On the contrary, because of the sharp widening gap between the rich and the poor, a few white super-rich people have mastered more social resources, which also determines the direction of the United States.
It can be predicted that this phenomenon will be difficult to change in the short term. Unless the national nature of the United States is fundamentally changed, as long as the capitalists are in power, it will be difficult for ethnic minorities, including blacks, to gain equal status in society. You don't even have equal status, let alone "control" the United States.
Third, in fact, the biggest threat to white people's "control" of the United States is not the expansion of the proportion of ethnic minorities in the population, but the capital and capitalists.
So since the population expansion of ethnic minorities has not shaken the "controlling right" of whites in the United States, does it mean that the United States will always be dominated by whites?
Of course not, because in America, it is never white, but capital. To put it more simply and rudely, most whites actually have no decision-making power over the United States, and only a few whites, that is, capitalists, really control the fate of the United States.
The increase in the proportion of ethnic minorities in the population certainly affects the competitiveness of whites in society. It seems to be squeezing the living space of white people, but it is capital that really promotes the social status of white people to be shaken.
Judging from the fact that the current president of the United States talks about bringing manufacturing back to the United States every day, white Americans are unemployed, so they complain about "robbing" blacks and other ethnic minorities who work for them. But people with a little common sense know that blacks and ethnic minorities in the United States are mostly engaged in basic services that whites are unwilling to engage in.
Black girls are against white cops.
In other words, even without these ethnic minorities, white Americans are unwilling to engage in these occupations. What really makes them unemployed is capital. In order to reduce costs and expand benefits, the super-rich moved their manufacturing industries to places with lower labor costs, such as East Asia and Southeast Asia, and invested a lot of money in financial, scientific and technological industries.
In other words, it is the capitalists who dislike the high wages of whites when they are not working, and it has nothing to do with blacks. But obviously, neither the capital-controlled media nor the government will make it public because capitalists dislike white people for being lazy and expensive, and they can only find other reasons for themselves.
At this time, racial discrimination at home and bullying threats abroad have become the best way for them to divert people's attention.
Therefore, it is capital and capitalists, not ethnic minorities, who are really shaking the controlling stake of white Americans. Although most American capitalists are white, but they control the United States, it does not mean that all white groups control the United States. In other words, in fact, these capitalists should be regarded as the ruling class of the United States, and they should be classified into one category alone.
And a large number of whites and other ethnic minorities under the American middle class belong to which category they are ruled.
The biggest difference is that for capital, it is still capital without the United States. But for whites, without the aura of the United States as the world's number one power, their competitiveness in the labor market may not be as good as that of Indians.
Four. conclusion
The United States has been a capitalist country since its founding, and it is not surprising that capitalists decide the future direction of the country. But capitalists are different, just like the petty bourgeoisie and the big bourgeoisie we talked about before.
When the United States was founded, it was actually committed to building a country where big capitalists and small capitalists could live in harmony and prosper together. But up to now, in fact, small capitalists in the United States are losing their right to speak, while the right to speak of big capitalists is increasing.
Under certain circumstances, it is the original America. In fact, the white middle class still has a certain right to speak about state governance and can make its own voice, and their interests are basically the same as those of the super-rich class.
But now, with the acceleration of social differentiation, not only the interests of whites and blacks are opposed, but also the middle class and the lower class of whites are opposed to the super-rich class of whites. Although capital is strong, it is nothing without people. In the past, the big capitalists in the United States were able to suppress ethnic minorities with the help of whites because they had the same interests as whites, who accounted for the vast majority of the population.
But now the bottom and top of the white people are beginning to split. When the capital can't control the white people, naturally there is no way to control the United States.
Therefore, from this perspective, even if whites lose the "controlling stake" in the United States decades later, it is not because of the expansion of ethnic minorities, but because of the opposition within whites, which leads to the loss of capital.
A lesson from the past is worth pondering.
The green hills are still there, and the setting sun is a few degrees red. This is the end of the article. If you want to know more historical stories, remember to go next time!
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