"...the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions; whom we shall wellcome to a participation of all our rights & previleges..."
To Washington, if you arrived on these shores, worked hard, and assimilated into the civic habits of a free society—respecting the rule of law and the constitutional framework—you became a part of the American character. There was no tiered system of "more" or "less" American based on your birthplace.
We don't have to guess how Washington felt about foreign-born minds shaping the country because his closest intellectual partner was one.
Alexander Hamilton was an immigrant from the Caribbean island of Nevis. He arrived in the colonies as a teenager with nothing but raw intellect and ambition. Washington recognized his systemic genius and made him his right-hand man during the Revolution, and later, his Treasury Secretary.
Bathe in the Dark propaganda, Political mind-engineers use Girard's mechanism as a systematic tool. When a government or party is failing to deliver on its promises, the social tension rises. If they don't redirect that tension, the public will turn on them.
It’s Flood the amygdala time , Strategists use this pivot because human psychology is inherently vulnerable to it. It relies on a well-documented cognitive bias known as loss aversion or negativity bias
When a party stops saying "Look at what we built" and starts shouting "Look at what they will destroy," they are intentionally hijacking the brain's survival mechanisms. It is much easier to unite a fractured group around a shared fear than it is to unite them around a complex, positive vision—especially when the present reality is grim.