5UX - Social Issues https://5ux.com/category/social-issues en Visualizing the Declining Birth Rate in Japan https://5ux.com/news/visualizing-declining-birth-rate-japan <div class="clearfix body field"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><p><img src="https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/voronoi-icon-transparent.png" /></p> <p> See this visualization first on the Voronoi app.</p> <p><img src="https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Falling-Births-in-Japan_Site.jpg" /></p> <p>Visualizing the Declining Birth Rate in Japan</p> <p><em>This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources.</em></p> <p>Japan’s birth rate has been declining over the last three decades. While Japan’s population was 123.3 million in 2023, it is expected to decrease by approximately 29.4% to 87.0 million by 2070.</p> <p>In this graphic, we use data from Kyodo News, Statista, and Database.earth to illustrate the number of live births each year in Japan, compared to the number of annual deaths. Figures were rounded.</p> <p>Population Shrunk by Largest Margin Ever in 2023</p> <p>Declining births and increasing deaths resulted in Japan’s total population falling by 831,872 people in 2023.</p> <table id="tablepress-4021" class="tablepress tablepress-id-4021"><thead><tr class="row-1 odd"><th class="column-1">Year</th> <th class="column-2">Births</th> <th class="column-3">Deaths</th> </tr></thead><tbody class="row-hover"><tr class="row-2 even"><td class="column-1">2013</td> <td class="column-2">1,029,817</td> <td class="column-3">1,376,554</td> </tr><tr class="row-3 odd"><td class="column-1">2014</td> <td class="column-2">1,003,609</td> <td class="column-3">1,384,931</td> </tr><tr class="row-4 even"><td class="column-1">2015</td> <td class="column-2">1,005,721</td> <td class="column-3">1,405,072</td> </tr><tr class="row-5 odd"><td class="column-1">2016</td> <td class="column-2">977,242</td> <td class="column-3">1,428,060</td> </tr><tr class="row-6 even"><td class="column-1">2017</td> <td class="column-2">946,146</td> <td class="column-3">1,463,873</td> </tr><tr class="row-7 odd"><td class="column-1">2018</td> <td class="column-2">918,400</td> <td class="column-3">1,493,140</td> </tr><tr class="row-8 even"><td class="column-1">2019</td> <td class="column-2">865,239</td> <td class="column-3">1,519,227</td> </tr><tr class="row-9 odd"><td class="column-1">2020</td> <td class="column-2">840,835</td> <td class="column-3">1,511,209</td> </tr><tr class="row-10 even"><td class="column-1">2021</td> <td class="column-2">811,622</td> <td class="column-3">1,574,533</td> </tr><tr class="row-11 odd"><td class="column-1">2022</td> <td class="column-2">770,759</td> <td class="column-3">1,567,933</td> </tr><tr class="row-12 even"><td class="column-1">2023</td> <td class="column-2">758,631</td> <td class="column-3">1,574,865</td> </tr></tbody></table><p>The National Institute of Population and Social Security Research once estimated that births would decline to below 760,000 in 2035.</p> <p>With births in 2023 recorded at 758,631, this forecast was off by over 10 years.</p> <p>Meanwhile, the number of deaths has increased over the last 10 years, surpassing 1.5 million in 2023, equivalent to 1.22% of the population.</p> <p>Many younger Japanese hesitate to marry or start families due to bleak job prospects, corporate cultures unsupportive of working parents—especially women—and a lack of public tolerance for small children, as reported by the Associated Press. Rising costs also contribute to couples’ reluctance to have children.</p> <p>The average number of children a woman gives birth to in her lifetime in Japan hit 1.26 in 2022. The fertility rate is far below the replacement rate of 2.1 considered necessary to maintain a population without immigration.</p> <p>One of the biggest concerns is that a shrinking and aging population can have significant implications for the economy and national security.</p> <p>As a result, Japan’s government is taking steps to cope with the declining birthrate, such as expanding childcare and promoting wage hikes for younger workers.</p> <p>The post Visualizing the Declining Birth Rate in Japan appeared first on Visual Capitalist.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-source field-type-link-field field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><a href="https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-the-declining-birth-rate-in-japan/">Source</a></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-calaisdocumentc-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/social-issues">Social Issues</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-opencalais-country-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/japan">Japan</a></div> </div> </div> Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:11:03 +0000 Guest 63434 at https://5ux.com https://5ux.com/news/visualizing-declining-birth-rate-japan#comments Eradicating Health in Gaza https://5ux.com/news/eradicating-health-gaza <div class="clearfix body field"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><p>In December I wrote about how “the biggest contributor to inflicting death in Gaza will likely be the Israel government causing the loss of necessities for health, including nutrition, sanitation, shelter, and medical aid.” Sad confirmation of this prediction continues to appear.</p> <p>In particular, a Monday United Nations-backed report warns of serious health threats in Gaza. The report states that “[t]he entire population in the Gaza Strip (2.23 million) is facing high levels of acute food insecurity” and even that famine conditions are imminent in part of Gaza. The report also details massive disruption of the provision of other necessities of life including health care, clean water, trash removal, and sewage systems. In such a situation, the threat from debilitating and deadly illness can be expected to rise sharply.</p> <p>The first horror of the Israel government’s military attacks has killed and injured an astounding number of Gazans in just five months. An additional horror for Gazans, largely displaced from their attacked homes, is a daily struggle to survive in the face of the Israel government systematically working to deprive them of all means of even minimal sustenance.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-source field-type-link-field field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><a href="https://ronpaulinstitute.org/eradicating-health-in-gaza/">Source</a></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-calaisdocumentc-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/disaster">Disaster</a></div> <div class="field-item odd" class="field-item even odd"><a href="/category/social-issues">Social Issues</a></div> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even odd even"><a href="/category/politics">Politics</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-opencalais-country-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/israel">Israel</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-opencalais-organization-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/israel-government">Israel government</a></div> </div> </div> Mon, 18 Mar 2024 22:30:48 +0000 Guest 63430 at https://5ux.com https://5ux.com/news/eradicating-health-gaza#comments What Is Happening In Haiti Will Come Here Too https://5ux.com/news/what-happening-haiti-will-come-here-too <div class="clearfix body field"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><p><img src="https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Riot-AI-Pixabay-560x336.jpg" /></p><p>The kind of rampant civil unrest that has thrown Haiti into turmoil will happen in the United States and other wealthy western nations too.  At this point, it is just a matter of time.  Here in the United States, we have been adding millions upon millions of extremely desperate people on top of the millions upon millions of extremely desperate people that we already had.  Politicians in major cities such as New York and Chicago openly admit that they can’t possibly take any more migrants because the social services available for them have been completely overwhelmed, but more migrants just keep coming anyway.  We are creating an extremely explosive environment, and the pressure that is coming in 2024 and beyond could push things over the edge.</p> <p>If you want an idea of what is coming, just look at what is happening in Haiti right now.  Following years of disastrous policies, the entire nation has descended into a state of chaos…</p> <blockquote><p>The Republic of Haiti has been sliding toward failed state status for much of the 21st Century, but over the past few weeks, the collapse escalated at a blistering pace. Following the assassination of president Jovenel Moïse in 2021, the prime minister and acting president Ariel Henry has failed to control the gang violence wreaking havoc on the capital, Port-au-Prince. With gangs now controlling as much as 80 percent of the city, Henry traveled to Guyana in February to sign a treaty allowing a contingent of 1,000 Kenyan police officers to patrol Port-au-Prince. But after the gangs shut down the airport and released thousands from prison, Henry was forced to announce his resignation from exile — and delay the police force deployment that could help bring order to the capital.</p> </blockquote> <p>It would be hard to overstate how nightmarish conditions have become in Haiti.</p> <p>One British news source is comparing the current state of affairs to “the post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max”…</p> <blockquote><p>Haiti has been compared to the post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max as gang chaos continues.</p> <p>Gang leaders are still fighting despite absentee Prime Minister Ariel Henry agreeing to resign last week.</p> <p>With Haitians awaiting the formation of a Transitional Governing Council that is set to take power before elections are held, gangs looted aid supplies over the weekend.</p> <p>UNICEF said containers with “essential items for maternal, neonatal, and child survival, including resuscitators and related equipment” were snared by gangs in the capital Port-au-Prince on Saturday.</p> </blockquote> <p>Apparently the Biden administration decided that it would be a good idea to open the floodgates for those that wish to leave Haiti and come here.</p> <p>According to the Washington Examiner, so far the Department of Homeland Security has helped to relocate more than 130,000 migrants from Haiti in dozens of U.S. cities…</p> <blockquote><p>The Department of Homeland Security has guided over 130,000 illegal immigrants from gang-ravaged Haiti into dozens of unidentified American cities, but it won’t say where.</p> <p>Many of the 133,000 arrived in just one city that the Biden administration won’t identify, according to a federal report reviewed by the Center for Immigration Studies.</p> <p>The Washington-based CIS, which backs ending illegal immigration, said that many immigrants flew themselves to the unidentified cities, while others arrived through land ports only to be released to wherever they wanted to go.</p> </blockquote> <p>Of course a lot more are heading our way.</p> <p>According to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a boat carrying a group of Haitian migrants that had guns, drugs and night vision gear was recently intercepted off the coast of his state…</p> <blockquote><p>“Our Florida Fish and Wildlife offices interdicted a vessel that had 25 illegal immigrants, potential illegal immigrants from Haiti in their boat. In their vessel, they had firearms, they had drugs, they had night vision gear, and were boating very recklessly, which would potentially endanger other folks,” DeSantis said at a press conference where he signed three pieces of legislation to deter illegal immigration.</p> <p>“That vessel was interdicted near the Sebastian Inlet and those illegal aliens were turned over to the Coast Guard for deportation,” the governor said.</p> </blockquote> <p>Needless to say, it isn’t just extremely desperate people from Haiti that are attempting to come to the United States in very large numbers.</p> <p>Right now, our borders are under siege from “asylum seekers” that are coming to us from all over the globe.</p> <p>Migrants have been taught that if they just say the right things about “seeking asylum” they will be let into the country.</p> <p>And this isn’t just happening at the southern border.</p> <p>Over the past couple of years, the number of migrants crossing over from Canada has been increasing at an exponential rate…</p> <blockquote><p>In fiscal year 2023, border officials encountered 189,401 illegal and inadmissible immigrants along the U.S.–Canada border, including at the ports of entry. Of those, 10,021 were caught crossing illegally between ports of entry.</p> <p>In fiscal 2021, that number was 916.</p> </blockquote> <p>Far more have been coming over the southern border.</p> <p>Overall, we are witnessing a tsunami of migration that is far greater than anything that we have ever witnessed before.  The following comes from U.S. Senator John Cornyn…</p> <blockquote><p>Under President Biden’s leadership, we’ve seen an unprecedented crisis at our southern border, and an administration that proves time and time again that they simply don’t care.</p> <p>Since President Biden took office, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has logged more than 5.4 million illegal border crossings, plus at least 1.5 million “gotaways” – that is, border crossers who were detected by CBP technology, but who were never apprehended.</p> </blockquote> <p>Once “asylum seekers” are released into this country, they could literally go anywhere.</p> <p>One migrant from Lebanon that was encountered at the border actually admitted that he was a member of Hezbollah and that he was planning to go to New York City and make a bomb…</p> <blockquote><p>A Lebanese migrant who was caught sneaking over the border admitted he’s a member of Hezbollah, he hoped to make a bomb, and his destination was New York, The Post can reveal.</p> <p>Basel Bassel Ebbadi, 22, was caught by the US Border Patrol on March 9 near El Paso, Texas. While in custody, he was asked what he was doing in the US, to which he replied, “I’m going to try to make a bomb,” according to a Border Patrol document exclusively obtained by The Post.</p> </blockquote> <p>We were quite fortunate to have caught that guy before he did any damage.</p> <p>But how many others have successfully entered this country through our wide open borders?</p> <p>Our politicians go on and on about “threats to national security”, but it is all empty talk unless they are willing to secure our borders.</p> <p>Because without secure borders, our nation will never be secure.</p> <p>Unfortunately, more desperate people continue to pour over our borders with each passing day, and it won’t be too long before we reach a tipping point.</p> <p><strong>Michael’s new book entitled “Chaos” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can check out his new Substack newsletter right here.</strong></p> <p>[image]https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Snip20231106_6-560x894.png[/image]</p> <p><strong>About the Author</strong>: Michael Snyder’s extremely controversial new book entitled “Chaos” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com.  He has also written seven other books that are available on Amazon.com including “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”. (#CommissionsEarned)  When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing.  You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter.  Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.  You can connect with Michael on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, and sharing his articles on your own social media accounts is definitely a great help.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.</p> <p>The post What Is Happening In Haiti Will Come Here Too appeared first on The Economic Collapse.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-source field-type-link-field field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><a href="https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/what-is-happening-in-haiti-will-come-here-too/">Source</a></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-calaisdocumentc-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/social-issues">Social Issues</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-opencalais-city-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/new-york-city">New York City</a></div> <div class="field-item odd" class="field-item even odd"><a href="/category/new-york">New York</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-opencalais-continent-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/america">America</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-opencalais-country-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/united-states">United States</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-opencalais-product-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/kindle">Kindle</a></div> </div> </div> Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:15:00 +0000 Guest 63429 at https://5ux.com https://5ux.com/news/what-happening-haiti-will-come-here-too#comments You Have Got To Be Kidding Me https://5ux.com/news/you-have-got-be-kidding-me <div class="clearfix body field"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><p><img src="https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Stop-The-Madness-Sign-Pixabay-560x294.jpg" /></p><p>By the time you are done reading this article, you may be tempted to tear your hair out.  A substantial portion of the U.S. population is deeply struggling in our current economic environment, but instead of focusing on helping Americans that are hurting, homeless and hungry, our leaders are going to great lengths to make things better for those that have no legal right to be in this country.  Our priorities are way out of whack, and U.S. voters are fed up.  Immigration has become the hottest political issue during this campaign season, but many of our politicians still don’t seem to understand why so many of us are so frustrated with what has been going on.</p> <p>Let me give you some examples of what I am talking about.</p> <p>It is being reported that more than half of all Americans over the age of 65 “are living on incomes of $30,000 or less a year”…</p> <blockquote><p>And, for some, the retirement crisis is already here. Just over half of Americans over the age of 65 are living on incomes of $30,000 or less a year, according to the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey. The largest share — just under 23% — have incomes between $10,000 and $19,999.</p> </blockquote> <p>Millions of elderly Americans are barely surviving at this point.</p> <p>Meanwhile, the Biden administration has been flying hundreds of thousands of migrants that have no legal right to be here directly into the country…</p> <blockquote><p>It means that while record numbers of migrants were flowing over the southern border last year, the Biden White House was also directly transporting them into the country.</p> <p>Use of a cell phone app has allowed for the near undetected arrival by air of 320,000 aliens with no legal rights to enter the United States.</p> <p>It comes after a controversy over a 2022 transportation program in which the administration used taxpayers money to move migrants throughout the country on overnight flights.</p> </blockquote> <p>You have got to be kidding me.</p> <p>Let me give you another example.</p> <p>Since 2020, the income needed “to comfortably afford a home in the US” has gone up by 80 percent…</p> <blockquote><p>According to Zillow, the <strong>income needed to comfortably afford a home in the US has leapt 80% since 2020</strong>, far exceeding what the BLS reports has been a 23% increase in median household income over the same period.</p> <p>The real estate website found home buyers today need to make more than $106,000 a year, up $47,000 from 2020, a change driven largely by higher prices and borrowing costs.</p> <p><strong>“Housing costs have soared over the past four years as drastic hikes in home prices, mortgage rates and rent growth far outpaced wage gains,”</strong> said Orphe Divounguy, a senior economist at Zillow.</p> </blockquote> <p>But instead of doing something about that, politicians in California actually want to provide interest-free home loans with no down payment required to newly arrived migrants…</p> <blockquote><p>Assembly Bill 1840 would change existing law to allow illegal immigrants to be eligible for the California Dream for All Fund, which provides interest-free loans for a down payment on a home for first-time buyers.</p> <p>The bill was introduced by California Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula,<strong> a Democrat, who last month told GV Wire, a Fresno-based news </strong>outlet, that he “wanted to ensure that qualified first-time homebuyers include undocumented applicants.”</p> </blockquote> <p>You have got to be kidding me.</p> <p>Don’t stop reading now, because there is more.</p> <p>On Thursday, we learned that the number of layoffs in the U.S. last month was the highest total that we have seen during February since 2009…</p> <blockquote><p>The pace of job cuts by U.S. employers accelerated in February, a sign the labor market is starting to deteriorate in the face of ongoing inflation and high interest rates.</p> <p>That is according to a new report published Thursday by Challenger, Gray &amp; Christmas, which found that companies planned 84,638 job cuts in February, a 3% increase from the previous month and a 9% jump from the same time last year.</p> <p>It marked the highest layoff total for the month of February in data going back to 2009.</p> </blockquote> <p>That is terrible news.</p> <p>But instead of finding jobs for American workers, New York Governor Kathy Hochul wants to “prioritize” hiring newly arrived migrants for state jobs…</p> <blockquote><p>New York Governor Kathy Hochul is pushing a plan to prioritize hiring illegal aliens for state jobs by eliminating certain requirements like the civil service exam and high school diploma.</p> <p>The aim is to expedite the process for illegal immigrants to secure state jobs once they have work permits.</p> </blockquote> <p>You have got to be kidding me.</p> <p>Last but not least, let’s talk about what is going on in Washington right now.</p> <p>In preparation for the State of the Union address, a “large steel fence” was being put up around the U.S. Capitol…</p> <blockquote><p>Ahead of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address this evening – what concerns do the political elites on Capitol Hill have that require security crews to erect a large steel fence around the immediate perimeter of the Capitol Complex?</p> <p>In several posts on X, <em>FOX News Senior Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram</em> said the steel, grated 12-foot fence around the Capitol Complex was erected on Wednesday night on the orders of the Secret Service.</p> </blockquote> <p>Apparently our leaders in Washington have no problem with being protected by walls.</p> <p>Unfortunately, our southern border has been left wide open and it is being estimated that approximately 10 million migrants have come pouring into this nation since Joe Biden entered the White House…</p> <blockquote><p>The number of illegal immigrants in the country has roughly doubled under President Biden. The United States had some 10.2 million illegal immigrants in 2020, and another 10 million have entered during Biden’s presidency. If the 20 million illegal immigrants were all in one state, it would be tied with New York for the fourth most populated state.</p> <p>And here’s even worse news. If Biden wins a second term in office and there is no serious reform of U.S. immigration and asylum laws — both of which are very real possibilities — we can expect a continuing increase in the rate of immigrants crossing the border illegally.</p> </blockquote> <p>You have got to be kidding me.</p> <p>We already have tens of millions of people that are deeply suffering in this country.</p> <p>To allow millions more to come marching in doesn’t make any sense at all.</p> <p>We can’t even afford to take care of the people that we already have.  We are completely broke, and we have been adding another trillion dollars to the national debt about every 100 days.</p> <p>We are literally committing national suicide, but most of our politicians don’t seem alarmed by this at all.</p> <p><strong>Michael’s new book entitled “Chaos” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can check out his new Substack newsletter right here.</strong></p> <p>[image]https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Snip20231106_6-560x894.png[/image]</p> <p><strong>About the Author</strong>: Michael Snyder’s extremely controversial new book entitled “Chaos” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com.  He has also written seven other books that are available on Amazon.com including “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”. (#CommissionsEarned)  When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing.  You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter.  Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.  You can connect with Michael on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, and sharing his articles on your own social media accounts is definitely a great help.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.</p> <p>The post You Have Got To Be Kidding Me appeared first on The Economic Collapse.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-source field-type-link-field field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><a href="https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/">Source</a></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-calaisdocumentc-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/social-issues">Social Issues</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-opencalais-continent-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/america">America</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-opencalais-country-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/united-states">United States</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-opencalais-product-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/kindle">Kindle</a></div> </div> </div> Thu, 07 Mar 2024 23:30:06 +0000 Guest 63393 at https://5ux.com https://5ux.com/news/you-have-got-be-kidding-me#comments Discrimination Is Good: Without It Civilization Would Collapse https://5ux.com/news/discrimination-good-without-it-civilization-would-collapse <div class="clearfix body field"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><p><img src="https://alt-market.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CrossVampire2-1024x610.jpg" /></p> <p><em>By Brandon Smith</em></p> <p>When we hear the word “discrimination” we often associate it with the concept of racial prejudice, the act of hate based purely on skin color or ethnicity. Multiple generations of westerners have been conditioned over the years to treat discrimination as an anathema to civilization – A net negative. But is all discrimination “unjust,” or is it sometimes necessary to keep civilization safe and intact?</p> <p>Every person on Earth discriminates in one way or another because it’s a survival imperative, but let me clarify what I mean when I use the term. I argue that discrimination is simply the act of refusing to associate with another person or group, and this is often NOT based merely on skin color or differences in appearance. In reality, most discrimination is rooted in personal safety and cultural security.</p> <p>Human beings are tribal, there’s no way around this biological imperative and it will never change. Tribalism is based on physical safety, but also ideological safety. Human beings form tribes and kingdoms and nations and borders because they have a particular set of values, religious beliefs and cultural norms that they want to maintain and protect. They have found a system that works for them and that keeps their society from imploding, and they want to ensure that there is no sabotage of that system from within.</p> <p>Hence, the need for suspicion and discrimination when a tribe is faced with outsiders that champion a hostile or contrary ideal. The threat of being subsumed and destroyed by another tribe’s culture has been a motivator for discrimination since human history began.</p> <p>Another factor is the discrimination of certain behaviors. Human tribes learned long ago that destructive people are sometimes born and no amount of social pressure can make them different. Psychopaths, some sociopaths, narcopaths, the severely mentally ill, etc. cannot be allowed to thrive within a tribe or they will eventually cause great harm. The tribe could even break apart and die out.</p> <p>It’s not a white person thing, it’s not a western thing, it’s a reality for every group of humans on the planet.  We don’t all need to agree on one homogeneous civilization that embraces every person and all behaviors.  It’s okay for us to separate from each other and live differently (at least to a point). It’s okay to not want to associate with mentally unhinged or evil persons that create chaos within society, and it’s okay to reject the imposition of incompatible and alien philosophies.</p> <p>Leftists and globalists, on the other hand, assert that any separation and lack of association between groups is unacceptable. There can be only one tribe and that tribe MUST follow progressive/socialist mandates. It’s the Tower of Babel all over again and the leftist ideal is decidedly intolerant of anyone that does not conform to centralization. A key part of this globalist philosophy is the demonization of discrimination.</p> <p><strong>Moral Decay Feeds Authoritarian Subterfuge </strong></p> <p>The woke religion relies on the leftist fallacy that all discrimination is a “social negative.” There are a few reasons why they push this narrative. Without discrimination there can be no moral judgment. Without the application of morals and standards of behavior, society cannot survive and it will eventually collapse. This is exactly what leftists want.</p> <p>Once a society collapses it can be rebuilt with a certain authoritarian flexibility and in the image leftists prefer.  They will assert their own rules, their own taboos, their own mandates and their own vision. Specifically, they want to tear down western civilization and replace it with something rooted in moral relativism. In a morally relative world, all evil becomes permissible as long as the group doing evil controls the application of law.</p> <p>We see this most distinctly in the spread of the trans movement and the invasion of woke politics in public schools. The blatant sexualization of children is happening right now across the west and it is supported by corporate interests, state governments and the current federal government.  This agenda includes the rationalization of some pretty heinous behaviors, like pedophilia.</p> <p>Conservatives were once called “conspiracy theorists” for arguing that this was the end game for woke activism, and yet, here we are, fighting to keep pornography out of elementary school and middle-school libraries as academics argue that pedophiles should be treated as a protected sexual orientation.</p> <div class="oembed oembed-video"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEW3hjdIjaE" class="oembed-title">You Won't Believe This Sick Ted Talk</a><br /><div class="oembed-content"> <iframe width="200" height="113" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SEW3hjdIjaE?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" title="You Won't Believe This Sick Ted Talk"></iframe></div> </div> <p>There are even leftist politicians today openly admonishing discrimination of pedophiles as a brand of “hate speech” and laws are being passed in states like California to reduce punishments for such criminals. There is a clear program in motion to make something evil into something protected or even celebrated.</p> <p><strong>Cultural Sabotage Through Mass Immigration And Forced Association</strong></p> <p>Beyond the issue of necessary moral discrimination, there is the problem of cultural invasion. In Europe the danger is becoming existential, with at least 20 million migrants flooding into the EU in the past several years and more arriving everyday. Many of these migrants are from Islamic fundamentalist nations and they have no intention of assimilating into a western structure. Rather, they plan to change or deconstruct the west from within through something called “soft jihad.”</p> <p>The bottom line? Islamic fundamentalism and Sharia Law are utterly incompatible with western principles and the two groups CANNOT exist peacefully in the same society. It is impossible. The rising calls by Europeans for the removal of migrants is not based in racism, it is driven by a cultural survival mechanism. Europeans can see the writing on the wall – In 10 to 20 years time their culture will no longer exist and they are acting to protect it.</p> <p>In the US, the invasion is more political. Millions of migrants are being allowed to sneak into the US as Democrats continue to interfere with border security measures enforced by states like Texas. At the same time they are creating incentives for migrants to come here by offering welfare and subsidies, not to mention the potential for a general amnesty that would give them easy citizenship.</p> <p>Most of these illegals come from socialist leaning countries and they have no concept whatsoever of what a Constitutional Republic is or what constitutional rights are. These migrants are a weapon being used by leftists to saturate the US. It is a strategy to erase conservative principles through attrition.</p> <p><strong>The Value Of Separation</strong></p> <p>Western civilization, western science, and free markets are perhaps the most profound accomplishments in the history of mankind, resulting in an extreme reduction in overall global poverty when compared to centuries past. In 1820, 94% of the global population was living in extreme poverty.  By 2015, that number dropped to 9.6% and the world’s population is vastly larger.</p> <p>The moral foundations of the west, while not always adhered to as we might prefer, are still the bedrock for some of the most free and most prosperous people of any era. There are good reasons to protect the west from alien cultures that want to undermine it.</p> <p>There also good reasons to discriminate against and expel leftists/globalists who grew up here but who are obsessed with deconstructing all remnants of the system because they think they know better. At no point have I ever heard a leftist group say: “Hey, we should all move to another place together and start a fresh new socialist experiment away from interference.”</p> <p>No, they do not believe in separation. They want OUR culture. They want to stand on the ruins of our accomplishments and force everyone to accept their system, their beliefs and their moral relativism. Infestation, oppression and possession are the building blocks of their ideology.  The only solution is unapologetic and uncompromising discrimination against their kind. It’s okay to not invite cancer into your body.  It’s okay to not invite a vampire into your home.  It’s okay to not invite evil into your society. It’s good to discriminate.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong><em>If you would like to support the work that Alt-Market does while also receiving content on advanced tactics for defeating the globalist agenda, subscribe to our exclusive newsletter The Wild Bunch Dispatch.  Learn more about it HERE.</em></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>As the world moves away from dollars and toward Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), is your 401(k) or IRA really safe? A smart and conservative move is to diversify into a physical gold IRA. That way your savings will be in something solid and enduring. Get your FREE info kit on Gold IRAs from Birch Gold Group. No strings attached, just peace of mind. Click here to secure your future today.</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><em>You can contact Brandon Smith at:</em></p> <p>brandon@alt-market.com</p> <p><strong>You can also follow me at –</strong></p> <p><strong>TwitterX:</strong> @AltMarket1</p> <p>The post Discrimination Is Good: Without It Civilization Would Collapse appeared first on Alt-Market.us.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-source field-type-link-field field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><a href="https://alt-market.us/discrimination-is-good-without-it-civilization-would-collapse/">Source</a></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-calaisdocumentc-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/social-issues">Social Issues</a></div> <div class="field-item odd" class="field-item even odd"><a href="/category/religion">Religion</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-opencalais-continent-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/europe">Europe</a></div> </div> </div> Sat, 02 Mar 2024 11:02:00 +0000 Guest 63373 at https://5ux.com https://5ux.com/news/discrimination-good-without-it-civilization-would-collapse#comments Time’s ‘New Antisemitism’ is More Woke Garbage https://5ux.com/news/time-s-new-antisemitism-more-woke-garbage <div class="clearfix body field"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><p>We’ve all heard the “woke” assertion that some people cannot be considered racist no matter how they act or what they say while other people are destined to live their entire lives as racists no matter how they act or what they say. The key difference between the two groups of people is whether their ancestry dictates they be labeled among the oppressors or the oppressed.</p> <p>People exercising rationality see through this nonsense. They can judge people’s actions and statements with no investigation of family trees required.</p> <p>Reading the Tuesday editorial “The New Antisemitism” at Time one comes across a fair amount of interesting commentary. But, in the end, the editorial just ends up applying a variation of the now familiar woke garbage assertions to Israel’s ongoing war. The Israel government cannot be engaging in genocide in its war because Israel is “the Jewish state” and Jewish people have a long history of being much oppressed, plus people who say otherwise are antisemitic. That is how the author Noah Feldman wraps up the editorial.</p> <p>Here is the Time editorial’s presentation of its conclusions on genocide and antisemitism:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>There is something specifically noteworthy about leveling the [genocide] charge at the Jewish state—something intertwined with the new narrative of the Jews as archetypal oppressors rather than archetypal victims. Call it the genocide sleight of hand: if the Jews are depicted as genocidal—if Israel becomes the very archetype of a genocidal state—then Jews are much less likely to be conceived as a historically oppressed people engaged in self-defense.The new narrative of Jews as oppressors is, in the end, far too close for comfort to the antisemitic tradition of singling out Jews as uniquely deserving of condemnation and punishment, whether in its old religious form or its Nazi iteration. Like those earlier forms of antisemitism, the new kind is not ultimately about the Jews, but about the human impulse to point the finger at someone who can be made to carry the weight of our social ills.</p> </blockquote> <p>The Time editorial says people seeking to hold the Israel government to account for its actions and statements are applying a “genocide sleight of hand” rooted in antisemitism. However, critical readers will recognize that real sleight of hand is the rhetorical sleight of hand whereby the clever wording of the editorial is used in an attempt to absolve a government for its horrendous actions by defining that government as a perpetual victim and its accusers as inescapably antisemites.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-source field-type-link-field field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><a href="https://ronpaulinstitute.org/times-new-antisemitism-is-more-woke-garbage/">Source</a></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-calaisdocumentc-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/social-issues">Social Issues</a></div> </div> </div> Thu, 29 Feb 2024 14:38:11 +0000 Guest 63367 at https://5ux.com https://5ux.com/news/time-s-new-antisemitism-more-woke-garbage#comments Visualizing Racial Diversity in America’s 10 Largest States https://5ux.com/news/visualizing-racial-diversity-america-s-10-largest-states <div class="clearfix body field"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><p><img src="https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/voronoi-icon-transparent.png" /></p> <p> See this visualization first on the Voronoi app.</p> <p><img src="https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Diversity-Breakdown-Top-10-States_Site.jpeg" /></p> <p>Visualizing Racial Diversity in America’s 10 Largest States</p> <p><em>This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources.</em></p> <p>Over the last decade, America has become increasingly more diverse as demographic patterns shift across the population.</p> <p>With over 39 million people, California is not only the most populous state, but one of the most diverse in the country. </p> <p>This graphic shows the racial diversity of the 10 biggest states by population, based on data from the U.S. Census.</p> <p>How Diverse Are America’s Most Populous States?</p> <p>Here is the racial breakdown of the 10 largest U.S. states: </p> <table id="tablepress-3923" class="tablepress tablepress-id-3923"><thead><tr class="row-1 odd"><th class="column-1">State</th> <th class="column-2">White (%)</th> <th class="column-3">Black (%)</th> <th class="column-4">Asian (%)</th> <th class="column-5">Other (%)</th> </tr></thead><tbody class="row-hover"><tr class="row-2 even"><td class="column-1">California</td> <td class="column-2">56</td> <td class="column-3">6</td> <td class="column-4">15</td> <td class="column-5">23</td> </tr><tr class="row-3 odd"><td class="column-1">Texas</td> <td class="column-2">69</td> <td class="column-3">12</td> <td class="column-4">5</td> <td class="column-5">14</td> </tr><tr class="row-4 even"><td class="column-1">Florida</td> <td class="column-2">72</td> <td class="column-3">16</td> <td class="column-4">3</td> <td class="column-5">10</td> </tr><tr class="row-5 odd"><td class="column-1">New York</td> <td class="column-2">62</td> <td class="column-3">15</td> <td class="column-4">9</td> <td class="column-5">14</td> </tr><tr class="row-6 even"><td class="column-1">Pennsylvania</td> <td class="column-2">79</td> <td class="column-3">11</td> <td class="column-4">4</td> <td class="column-5">6</td> </tr><tr class="row-7 odd"><td class="column-1">Illinois</td> <td class="column-2">70</td> <td class="column-3">14</td> <td class="column-4">6</td> <td class="column-5">11</td> </tr><tr class="row-8 even"><td class="column-1">Ohio</td> <td class="column-2">80</td> <td class="column-3">12</td> <td class="column-4">2</td> <td class="column-5">5</td> </tr><tr class="row-9 odd"><td class="column-1">Georgia</td> <td class="column-2">57</td> <td class="column-3">32</td> <td class="column-4">4</td> <td class="column-5">7</td> </tr><tr class="row-10 even"><td class="column-1">North Carolina</td> <td class="column-2">68</td> <td class="column-3">21</td> <td class="column-4">3</td> <td class="column-5">8</td> </tr><tr class="row-11 odd"><td class="column-1">Michigan</td> <td class="column-2">78</td> <td class="column-3">14</td> <td class="column-4">3</td> <td class="column-5">6</td> </tr></tbody></table><p>As the table above shows, <strong>California</strong> has the highest proportion of Asian Americans across the top 10 states, comprising 15% of the population.</p> <p>Meanwhile, <strong>Georgia’s</strong> ethnic makeup includes 32% of Black Americans, the highest across the most populous states. As diversity has risen over the last decade, it has significantly influenced politics at both the state and national level. The state voted Republican for every presidential election from 1996-2016, but flipped blue in 2020.</p> <p>With 80% of the population being White Americans, <strong>Ohio</strong> has the highest share across the biggest states. While diversity has increased since 2010, it has been seen mostly in urban and suburban districts while diversity has stagnated in rural areas. </p> <p>Overall, 24% of rural areas in the U.S. are made up of non-White Americans, rising by a median rate of 3.5% across counties since 2010. While this debunks the myth that “rural” is synonymous with “white”, racial diversity across rural areas falls below the national average of 42% of the population being people of color. </p> <p>Beyond the top 10 states, ethnic diversity is the highest in Hawaii, Nevada, and Maryland.</p> <p>The post Visualizing Racial Diversity in America’s 10 Largest States appeared first on Visual Capitalist.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-source field-type-link-field field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><a href="https://www.visualcapitalist.com/racial-diversity-in-americas-10-largest-states/">Source</a></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-calaisdocumentc-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/social-issues">Social Issues</a></div> <div class="field-item odd" class="field-item even odd"><a href="/category/politics">Politics</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-opencalais-continent-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/america">America</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-opencalais-politicalevent-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/presidential-election">presidential election</a></div> </div> </div> Sun, 11 Feb 2024 22:43:42 +0000 Guest 63311 at https://5ux.com https://5ux.com/news/visualizing-racial-diversity-america-s-10-largest-states#comments Mapping the U.S. Median Age by State https://5ux.com/news/mapping-us-median-age-state <div class="clearfix body field"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><p><img src="https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/voronoi-icon-transparent.png" /></p> <p> See this visualization first on the Voronoi app.</p> <p><img src="https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MedianAge_Site-e1706216762867.jpg" /></p> <p>Mapping the U.S. Median Age by State</p> <p><em>This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources.</em></p> <p>In 2022, the median age for the United States as a whole was 39 years, but the median age by state has a lot more variance. </p> <p>Some states have more work or school available for younger workforces and families. Others have better work or retirement support for older populations, or are struggling to attract families.</p> <p>We map the median age of each U.S. state using the latest 2022 data available from the U.S. Census Bureau as compiled by StatsAmerica.</p> <p>Ranking The Oldest U.S. States by Median Age</p> <p>Overall, <strong>Maine</strong> had the highest median age by state in 2022 at 45 years old. That puts it on the higher end and in line with countries like Italy and Greece.</p> <p>Here are all states and Washington D.C. ordered from the oldest to youngest by median age:</p> <table id="tablepress-3897" class="tablepress tablepress-id-3897"><thead><tr class="row-1 odd"><th class="column-1">Rank</th> <th class="column-2">State</th> <th class="column-3">Median Age (2022)</th> </tr></thead><tbody class="row-hover"><tr class="row-2 even"><td class="column-1">1</td> <td class="column-2">Maine</td> <td class="column-3">45</td> </tr><tr class="row-3 odd"><td class="column-1">2</td> <td class="column-2">New Hampshire</td> <td class="column-3">43</td> </tr><tr class="row-4 even"><td class="column-1">3</td> <td class="column-2">Vermont</td> <td class="column-3">43</td> </tr><tr class="row-5 odd"><td class="column-1">4</td> <td class="column-2">West Virginia</td> <td class="column-3">43</td> </tr><tr class="row-6 even"><td class="column-1">5</td> <td class="column-2">Florida</td> <td class="column-3">43</td> </tr><tr class="row-7 odd"><td class="column-1">6</td> <td class="column-2">Delaware</td> <td class="column-3">42</td> </tr><tr class="row-8 even"><td class="column-1">7</td> <td class="column-2">Connecticut</td> <td class="column-3">41</td> </tr><tr class="row-9 odd"><td class="column-1">7</td> <td class="column-2">Pennsylvania</td> <td class="column-3">41</td> </tr><tr class="row-10 even"><td class="column-1">9</td> <td class="column-2">Hawaii</td> <td class="column-3">41</td> </tr><tr class="row-11 odd"><td class="column-1">10</td> <td class="column-2">Rhode Island</td> <td class="column-3">41</td> </tr><tr class="row-12 even"><td class="column-1">11</td> <td class="column-2">Wisconsin</td> <td class="column-3">40</td> </tr><tr class="row-13 odd"><td class="column-1">12</td> <td class="column-2">New Jersey</td> <td class="column-3">40</td> </tr><tr class="row-14 even"><td class="column-1">12</td> <td class="column-2">Oregon</td> <td class="column-3">40</td> </tr><tr class="row-15 odd"><td class="column-1">12</td> <td class="column-2">South Carolina</td> <td class="column-3">40</td> </tr><tr class="row-16 even"><td class="column-1">15</td> <td class="column-2">Michigan</td> <td class="column-3">40</td> </tr><tr class="row-17 odd"><td class="column-1">15</td> <td class="column-2">Montana</td> <td class="column-3">40</td> </tr><tr class="row-18 even"><td class="column-1">17</td> <td class="column-2">Massachusetts</td> <td class="column-3">40</td> </tr><tr class="row-19 odd"><td class="column-1">18</td> <td class="column-2">New York</td> <td class="column-3">40</td> </tr><tr class="row-20 even"><td class="column-1">19</td> <td class="column-2">Ohio</td> <td class="column-3">40</td> </tr><tr class="row-21 odd"><td class="column-1">20</td> <td class="column-2">Maryland</td> <td class="column-3">40</td> </tr><tr class="row-22 even"><td class="column-1">21</td> <td class="column-2">Alabama</td> <td class="column-3">39</td> </tr><tr class="row-23 odd"><td class="column-1">21</td> <td class="column-2">Kentucky</td> <td class="column-3">39</td> </tr><tr class="row-24 even"><td class="column-1">23</td> <td class="column-2">Illinois</td> <td class="column-3">39</td> </tr><tr class="row-25 odd"><td class="column-1">23</td> <td class="column-2">Missouri</td> <td class="column-3">39</td> </tr><tr class="row-26 even"><td class="column-1">23</td> <td class="column-2">North Carolina</td> <td class="column-3">39</td> </tr><tr class="row-27 odd"><td class="column-1">23</td> <td class="column-2">Wyoming</td> <td class="column-3">39</td> </tr><tr class="row-28 even"><td class="column-1">27</td> <td class="column-2">Tennessee</td> <td class="column-3">39</td> </tr><tr class="row-29 odd"><td class="column-1">28</td> <td class="column-2">New Mexico</td> <td class="column-3">39</td> </tr><tr class="row-30 even"><td class="column-1">28</td> <td class="column-2">Virginia</td> <td class="column-3">39</td> </tr><tr class="row-31 odd"><td class="column-1">30</td> <td class="column-2">Minnesota</td> <td class="column-3">39</td> </tr><tr class="row-32 even"><td class="column-1">30</td> <td class="column-2">Nevada</td> <td class="column-3">39</td> </tr><tr class="row-33 odd"><td class="column-1">32</td> <td class="column-2">Iowa</td> <td class="column-3">39</td> </tr><tr class="row-34 even"><td class="column-1">33</td> <td class="column-2">Arizona</td> <td class="column-3">39</td> </tr><tr class="row-35 odd"><td class="column-1">34</td> <td class="column-2">Arkansas</td> <td class="column-3">39</td> </tr><tr class="row-36 even"><td class="column-1">35</td> <td class="column-2">Mississippi</td> <td class="column-3">39</td> </tr><tr class="row-37 odd"><td class="column-1">36</td> <td class="column-2">Washington</td> <td class="column-3">38</td> </tr><tr class="row-38 even"><td class="column-1">37</td> <td class="column-2">Indiana</td> <td class="column-3">38</td> </tr><tr class="row-39 odd"><td class="column-1">38</td> <td class="column-2">Louisiana</td> <td class="column-3">38</td> </tr><tr class="row-40 even"><td class="column-1">39</td> <td class="column-2">South Dakota</td> <td class="column-3">38</td> </tr><tr class="row-41 odd"><td class="column-1">40</td> <td class="column-2">California</td> <td class="column-3">38</td> </tr><tr class="row-42 even"><td class="column-1">41</td> <td class="column-2">Colorado</td> <td class="column-3">38</td> </tr><tr class="row-43 odd"><td class="column-1">42</td> <td class="column-2">Georgia</td> <td class="column-3">38</td> </tr><tr class="row-44 even"><td class="column-1">42</td> <td class="column-2">Kansas</td> <td class="column-3">38</td> </tr><tr class="row-45 odd"><td class="column-1">44</td> <td class="column-2">Idaho</td> <td class="column-3">37</td> </tr><tr class="row-46 even"><td class="column-1">44</td> <td class="column-2">Nebraska</td> <td class="column-3">37</td> </tr><tr class="row-47 odd"><td class="column-1">46</td> <td class="column-2">Oklahoma</td> <td class="column-3">37</td> </tr><tr class="row-48 even"><td class="column-1">47</td> <td class="column-2">Alaska</td> <td class="column-3">36</td> </tr><tr class="row-49 odd"><td class="column-1">47</td> <td class="column-2">North Dakota</td> <td class="column-3">36</td> </tr><tr class="row-50 even"><td class="column-1">49</td> <td class="column-2">Texas</td> <td class="column-3">36</td> </tr><tr class="row-51 odd"><td class="column-1">50</td> <td class="column-2">District of Columbia (D.C.)</td> <td class="column-3">35</td> </tr><tr class="row-52 even"><td class="column-1">51</td> <td class="column-2">Utah</td> <td class="column-3">32</td> </tr></tbody></table><p>Overall we can see that Northeast states have the highest median ages, along with <strong>West Virginia</strong> and <strong>Florida</strong>.</p> <p>On the flip side, <strong>Utah</strong> (32 years) and <strong>Washington D.C.</strong> (35 years) were the youngest American states or jurisdictions by median age. Utah’s is closer in line to the global average, which was 31 years of age in 2020 according to UN estimates.</p> <p>Zooming in, most states see significant differences at the county level, with cities, colleges, and natural resource sites generally lowering the median age in a county. </p> <p>For example, the energy industry attracted a significant number of younger workers to North Dakota, Texas, and Alaska. Meanwhile, the rapid growth of retirement communities in Florida’s Sumter County gives it the nation’s highest median age at 68 years old.</p> <p>The post Mapping the U.S. Median Age by State appeared first on Visual Capitalist.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-source field-type-link-field field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><a href="https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapping-the-u-s-median-age-by-state/">Source</a></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-calaisdocumentc-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/social-issues">Social Issues</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-opencalais-country-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/united-states">United States</a></div> </div> </div> Fri, 26 Jan 2024 21:36:05 +0000 Guest 63256 at https://5ux.com https://5ux.com/news/mapping-us-median-age-state#comments Cultural Replacement: Why The Immigration Crisis Is Being Deliberately Engineered https://5ux.com/news/cultural-replacement-why-immigration-crisis-being-deliberately-engineered <div class="clearfix body field"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><p><img src="https://alt-market.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MigrantInvade1-1024x576.jpg" /></p> <p><em>By Brandon Smith</em></p> <p>There is absolutely no doubt – Elements of our own government are deliberately encouraging the acceleration of illegal immigration across the southern border and they are actively sabotaging any attempts to stop the madness. There are two questions we need to ask: Why are they doing this? And, what can be done to stop them?’</p> <p>In a move that I think debunks any claims that the Biden Administration wants a secure border, the federal government recently challenged Texas efforts to install border fencing and barbed wire to prevent the massive influx of foreigners raiding the US. This is after several incidents in which convicted criminals and terrorists have been identified among migrant groups. The measures were working, so obviously, Biden felt the need to intervene.</p> <p>A majority of the Supreme Court has also taken Biden’s side, forcing Texas Governor Greg Abbott to declare the situation an invasion that threatens the security of his state and America at large. The conflict is leading to a showdown between federal agencies and Texas. I would argue that it is a showdown that NEEDS to happen, the sooner the better.</p> <p>The expulsion of unwanted or destructive groups of people has been an emergency measure used by civilizations for thousands of years. The cultures that don’t protect their own gates end up being erased or absorbed into a completely different population that may not hold the same values and principles. The majority of nations on the planet today have strict immigration rules, yet, America and the EU are the only regions attacked for wanting to limit the flow of illegals.</p> <p>Why is that?</p> <p>The open borders propaganda common to the corporate media and Hollywood movies is part of a larger establishment agenda that has been active for many years in the US, but it has been accelerating since 2021. The Biden Administration in particular has overseen the largest spike in illegal migration in US history, with over 300,000 border violations in December alone (that we know of). To put this in perspective, that’s the equivalent of a city the size of Pittsburgh moving across the US border and demanding welfare, subsidies, housing, jobs, free food, etc., every single month.</p> <p>This is unsustainable and the establishment knows it. In fact, Biden has actively tried to hide the crisis from the view of the American people for years, denying that there is any threat and claiming that the border is more rigid today than ever before. Anyone who questions the validity of this claim is immediately accused of racism, white supremacy and conspiracy theory.</p> <p>Border states have become so angered over leftist denials that they’ve started busing thousands of migrants into blue “sanctuary cities” like New York, Washington DC and Chicago. The result has been a calamity for their welfare programs and local economy. Even progressive voters in these areas are enraged by the flood of migrants into their neighborhoods.</p> <p>Schools in New York are being emptied and shut down to make room for migrant housing. Homeless shelters in DC have been inundated with migrants begging for handouts and the citizen homeless had far less food over the holidays because the illegals ate it all. The Chicago O’Hare Airport is being turned into a migrant shelter and the city is trying to prevent the media from documenting the situation.</p> <p>Democrat mayors are finally calling the event a national emergency; funny how they refused to admit to the problem until they were directly affected by it. Of course, they blame conservative governors instead of their own sanctuary city policies. In other words, Democrats are indignant because they are being forced by red states to suffer the consequences of their warped ideals. Leftists have a rule: Never admit when they are wrong, even if it means self destruction.</p> <p>And though low level progressive politicians are made to look foolish in their continued defense of sanctuary status, there is the greater issue of engineered crisis. Why have establishment elites and the Biden Administration been lying despite the clear and present danger? And why is it considered particularly wrong for western countries to defend their borders?</p> <p>Perhaps because certain groups of people within the centers of power benefit greatly from the continued migrant invasion.</p> <p>We’ve all heard of the Cloward-Piven Strategy by now, and it’s not all that difficult to understand – Create social destabilization by using migrants as a weapon. But there’s a lot more going on here than meets the eye. Cloward-Piven is almost too simplistic an explanation; it doesn’t really define the bigger picture. There are a few ways that this strategy could open the door to authoritarianism in the US. Lets examine these scenarios to better comprehend why…</p> <p><b>Operation Garden Plot And Martial Law</b></p> <p>In 1968 the US Department of Defense at the request of the government drafted a civil disturbance plan called ‘Operation Garden Plot’ which outlined what was essentially a martial law response to large scale social breakdown. One of the main factors listed in the plan as a trigger for martial law was the uncontrolled mass migration of minorities into the US, as well as riots by minorities in light of economic uncertainty.</p> <p>Garden Plot has provisions designed to install a long lasting domestic military presence in the US if deemed necessary, and was even tied to programs like REX 84 which planned out the installation of “FEMA camps” or detention facilities meant to hold large numbers refugees during a mass migration crisis. These programs were accidentally exposed during the Iran/Contra hearings of 1987 and were kept secret from a majority of representatives in Congress.</p> <p>In other words, political elites designed a set of operations to swiftly impose martial law if a migrant disaster occurred. But were these measures meant to solve the crisis? Or were they meant to use the crisis as an excuse to put boots on the ground in the US and permanently end whatever constitutional protections we have left? That is to say, it may very well be the plan of the establishment to keep the borders open until illegals overwhelm the system and the public is willing to accept martial law.</p> <p><b>Amnesty And Creating An Illegal Immigrant Military</b></p> <p>Democrats have fielded multiple bills including legislation in 2022 to give illegal immigrants the option to serve in the US military and gain citizenship as a reward. Representatives mention the growing shortfall in military recruitment as a rationale for the policy (a shortfall which they created after allowing woke cultism into armed forces curriculum).</p> <p>I have mentioned this in previous articles and I continue to believe that one of the main purposes for the establishment to leave borders open and entice illegals to enter is to create a migrant army; a situation in which millions of illegals will be offered easy citizenship in exchange for service. I also believe that this migrant army will be used against the American public (the real citizenry) to impose martial law measures in the wake of a national disaster.</p> <p>Look at it this way: With the current military around 70% conservative and independent it is far less likely that the armed forces will follow orders to subjugate the populace, especially in the name of an increasingly unpopular leftist/globalist president like Joe Biden. It is much easier for the elites to use foreigners with no inherent regard for American culture or the American people as a suppressive force.</p> <p><b>Cultural Replacement Theory</b></p> <p>“Replacement Theory” is often denigrated by the media as a racist conspiracy held by white people who are “afraid to lose power.” This is nonsensical for a number of reasons, including the fact that if “white people” were a monolith and we had all the power, then we would simply snuff out any threats to that power and lock down our borders. There would be nothing anyone could do to stop us.</p> <p>The truth is, there is no white monolith, there is no patriarchy and there is no such thing as systemic racism. Do some leftist activists clamor for mass migration to replace white people in the US and Europe? Absolutely. They call it “decolonization.” Is this the real purpose of mass migration? Probably not.</p> <p>The replacement going on is not so much about replacing white people as it is about replacing western culture. The goal, I believe, is to open the floodgates to foreign elements because most of them come from more socialist systems that have no understanding of individual freedom. In this way, the establishment can dilute the American culture of independence and use the tyranny of the majority (democracy) to erase our values and principles forever.</p> <p>This is why you will hear Biden and his ilk constantly pontificate on “democracy” and the “defense of democracy’ and the conservative “threat to democracy.” This is very deliberate terminology. When they say “democracy”, they are talking about the rule of the mob; the tyranny of the majority. They are talking about collectivism, socialism and ultimately authoritarianism for the “sake of the greater good.”</p> <p>Migrants are being used to phase out the pillars of western civilization. This is why the borders must be secured now and illegals must be kicked out of the country with haste. No martial law, no FEMA detention facilities, no amnesty, no asylum, no welfare and no subsidies. They just need to be removed and sent back to where they came from and if they return illegally they should be severely punished.</p> <p>In order for this to happen it would appear that southern states will have to enforce their own border security. But how to do this without federal interference? The American public will have to step in and step up to help states like Texas. The movement will have to be so overwhelming that the federal government is afraid to intervene.</p> <p>The shape of this secure border action will require trial and error, but as long as Texas is willing to continue arresting illegals and shipping them out of the country, all that is needed is a contingent of deputized Americans to help watch the border and catch people trying to cross. There may also be a need for people to defend border walls and fences from federal sabotage.</p> <p>Some will argue that this constitutes a violation, a defiance of federal authorities, and I would say yes, it is, and that’s a good thing. The Biden Administration is in dereliction of its duty to keep the country safe from foreign invasion. Doing nothing and leaving borders undefended from mass immigration is no different from refusing to defend the border from a foreign military.</p> <p>If the current trend is allowed to continue, the stage will be set for a host of emergencies that will be exploited to give elites the excuse to erase what constitutional protections we have left. This cannot be tolerated. It’s time to end it.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong><em>If you would like to support the work that Alt-Market does while also receiving content on advanced tactics for defeating the globalist agenda, subscribe to our exclusive newsletter The Wild Bunch Dispatch.  Learn more about it HERE.</em></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>As the world moves away from dollars and toward Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), is your 401(k) or IRA really safe? A smart and conservative move is to diversify into a physical gold IRA. That way your savings will be in something solid and enduring. Get your FREE info kit on Gold IRAs from Birch Gold Group. No strings attached, just peace of mind. Click here to secure your future today.</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><em>You can contact Brandon Smith at:</em></p> <p>brandon@alt-market.com</p> <p><strong>You can also follow me at –</strong></p> <p><strong>TwitterX:</strong> @AltMarket1</p> <p>The post Cultural Replacement: Why The Immigration Crisis Is Being Deliberately Engineered appeared first on Alt-Market.us.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-source field-type-link-field field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><a href="https://alt-market.us/cultural-replacement-why-the-immigration-crisis-is-being-deliberately-engineered/">Source</a></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-calaisdocumentc-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/social-issues">Social Issues</a></div> <div class="field-item odd" class="field-item even odd"><a href="/category/politics">Politics</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-opencalais-continent-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/america">America</a></div> <div class="field-item odd" class="field-item even odd"><a href="/category/europe">Europe</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-opencalais-country-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/united-states">United States</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-opencalais-organization-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/federal-government">Federal Government</a></div> <div class="field-item odd" class="field-item even odd"><a href="/category/biden-administration">Biden administration</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-opencalais-provinceorstate-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/texas">Texas</a></div> </div> </div> Thu, 25 Jan 2024 09:00:08 +0000 Guest 63248 at https://5ux.com https://5ux.com/news/cultural-replacement-why-immigration-crisis-being-deliberately-engineered#comments Ranked: The Most Popular AI Tools https://5ux.com/news/ranked-most-popular-ai-tools <div class="clearfix body field"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><p><img src="https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/OC_AI-Tools_V1_NC.jpg" /></p> <p><em>This visual is part of our 2024 Global Forecast Series. For full access to the series, learn more here.</em></p> <p>Ranked: The Most Popular AI Tools of 2023</p> <p>Artificial intelligence had its breakout year in 2023, with large language models (LLMs) and text-to-image generators capturing the attention and imagination of technologists and investors alike. </p> <p>Similar to other recent breakthrough technologies like the internet and the smartphone, the early stage of AI’s tech adoption cycle has already seen the creation of highly-used software products. </p> <p>This visualization from our 2024 Global Forecast Series report uses data from Writerbuddy and Coatue to rank and visualize the most popular AI tools of 2023 along with key recent tech adoption cycles and the software products that defined them.</p> <p>The Most Visited Artificial Intelligence Websites of 2023</p> <p>Not surprisingly, ChatGPT, OpenAI’s product that sparked the artificial intelligence boom in late 2022, emerged as the most popular AI tool of 2023.</p> <p>ChatGPT dominated the industry’s web visits with more than 60% of visits from September 2022 to August 2023, racking up 14.6 billion visits to their website. </p> <p>Following ChatGPT is another chatbot, Character.AI, which rather than being a singular LLM for general and productivity-related user queries is a collection of characters (also known as “dialog agents”) that users can freely converse with. These range from popular characters from TV shows and video games to dating coaches and interactive strategy and text-based games. </p> <table id="tablepress-3888" class="tablepress tablepress-id-3888"><thead><tr class="row-1 odd"><th class="column-1">AI Tool</th> <th class="column-2">Total Web Visits (Sept 2022 to Aug 2023)</th> <th class="column-3">Share of Industry Total</th> </tr></thead><tbody class="row-hover"><tr class="row-2 even"><td class="column-1">ChatGPT</td> <td class="column-2">14.6B</td> <td class="column-3">60.2%</td> </tr><tr class="row-3 odd"><td class="column-1">Character.AI</td> <td class="column-2">3.8B</td> <td class="column-3">15.8%</td> </tr><tr class="row-4 even"><td class="column-1">QuillBot</td> <td class="column-2">1.1B</td> <td class="column-3">4.7%</td> </tr><tr class="row-5 odd"><td class="column-1">Midjourney</td> <td class="column-2">500.4M</td> <td class="column-3">2.1%</td> </tr><tr class="row-6 even"><td class="column-1">Hugging Face</td> <td class="column-2">316.6M</td> <td class="column-3">1.3%</td> </tr><tr class="row-7 odd"><td class="column-1">Google Bard</td> <td class="column-2">241.6M</td> <td class="column-3">1.0%</td> </tr><tr class="row-8 even"><td class="column-1">NovelAI</td> <td class="column-2">238.7M</td> <td class="column-3">1.0%</td> </tr><tr class="row-9 odd"><td class="column-1">CapCut</td> <td class="column-2">203.8M</td> <td class="column-3">0.8%</td> </tr><tr class="row-10 even"><td class="column-1">JanitorAI</td> <td class="column-2">192.4M</td> <td class="column-3">0.8%</td> </tr><tr class="row-11 odd"><td class="column-1">CivitAI</td> <td class="column-2">177.2M</td> <td class="column-3">0.7%</td> </tr></tbody></table><p>Another writing tool, QuillBot, rounds out the top three most popular AI web products of 2023, with these top three collectively accounting for more than 80% of visits to AI product websites. </p> <p>Besides LLMs, leading AI image generator Midjourney was the fourth-most popular AI tool in 2023 and is followed by Hugging Face, an open source community which features hundreds of unique AI models that include LLMs, image generators, and other freely accessible AI tools. </p> <p><em>This visual is from our 2024 Global Forecast Series Report:</em></p> <p><img src="https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Global-Forecast-Series_Display-Ad-Option-2_Dec7.jpg" /></p> <p><em>Get full access to the series, which compiles insights from 700+ expert predictions for what will happen in 2024, by becoming a VC+ member today.</em></p> <p>Software Creation in Tech Adoption Cycles</p> <p>Despite still being in the early stages of its adoption, artificial intelligence has already produced tools that have garnered billions of visits and thousands of paying users for premium versions of AI products.</p> <p>The launch and propagation of software products is a key driver for the user adoption of breakthrough technologies. Apps like Uber and Airbnb helped define the utility of smartphones as a technology, similar to what early websites like Google, Amazon, and YouTube did for the internet. </p> <p>While this first wave of AI tools is already beyond what the world could’ve imagined even just a couple of years ago, as the public adoption of AI continues we’ll only see more powerful and unique AI tools and products. </p> <p><img src="https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Global-Forecast-Series_In-article-Banner_Dec7.png" /></p> <p>The post Ranked: The Most Popular AI Tools appeared first on Visual Capitalist.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-source field-type-link-field field-label-hidden field-wrapper"><a href="https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-the-most-popular-ai-tools/">Source</a></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-calaisdocumentc-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/social-issues">Social Issues</a></div> <div class="field-item odd" class="field-item even odd"><a href="/category/technology">Technology</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-opencalais-technology-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden field-wrapper"> <div class="field-items" class="comma-separated field-items"> <div class="field-item even" class="field-item even"><a href="/category/artificial-intelligence">artificial intelligence</a></div> </div> </div> Wed, 24 Jan 2024 19:28:19 +0000 Guest 63244 at https://5ux.com https://5ux.com/news/ranked-most-popular-ai-tools#comments