The Population Reshuffle

Study Finds: Third Of Americans Thinking About Leaving Country To Live Abroad

et while politics didn’t have a direct link, the authors found that one’s own national identity was an important underlying factor in one’s aspirations of living in another country. Specifically, those who didn’t respond that they had a very strong national identity were also more likely to leave.

“We asked respondents if they had a ‘very strong,’ ‘somewhat strong,’ ‘not very strong,’ or ‘not strong at all’ American national identity. Those who had anything other than ‘very strong’ national identity were more likely to aspire to live abroad,” Klekowski von Koppenfels tells StudyFinds. “It was, of course, a quantitative measure of a subjective belief measuring individuals’ self-identity.”

Other factors that played a role included knowing other Americans who’d lived abroad or having served in the military.

As nationalism rises, countries will take on a greater national identity. Assimilation pressures will increase. Those who want to become X are more likely to stay in country X. Many people who are loosely assimilated, who strongly lean on multiculturalism, could end up repatriating in the next generation or two. If nationalism intensifies, societies will turn the corner and begin rejecting (deporting) people because they are not X. It will not be possible to have dual loyalties. The hyphenated-American will disappear as a thing.

Nationalism will be very visible. Consider the LGBTQ movement in the United States. Many sports teams and organizations have LGBTQ Pride nights There are also various events for different minorities and religions, regional and sports team pride and so on. When this wave intensifies and assuming the country doesn't break apart politically (still more likely in my opinion) many of these "pride" events will be rolled into "American" pride. It will be far more intense because it will replace everything and be considered your basic identity. You can refuse to participate in LGBTQ events because of your religion, because sexual identity is one component of identity. When nationalism intensifies, if you don't go along, you won't be an American. Add another layer of intensity if there's a war. The various Twitter mobs that get people fired from their jobs for offending group X, Y or Z will all be unified in hunting down anti-Americans and non-Americans in their midst. Ditto for other nations around the world.

The United States has been lucky to avoid the economic collapse seen in countries such as Indonesia in the 1990s, but luck eventually runs out. Policies designed to fracture society will not survive the stress. The oppressive assimilation forces that follow will be far more intense because concepts such as diversity and multiculturalism have sowed doubt and reduced social cohesion. For every action there is a reaction. The worse the action, the worse the reaction. I don't know what odds to put on it, but I will bet that at some point in the next 20 years, some countries in the West such as Germany and France will see net emigration for a few years. Even the U.S. could see net emigration.