A discussion between Substackers Walter Rhein and Egberto Willies on prescient subjects: 1. The state of immigration, 2. Substack flirting with gentrification due to the influx of mainstream media.
The state of immigration and its implications.
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Summary
Host Egberto Willies and guest Walter Rhein explore how the United States’ self-image as a land of opportunity collides with the lived realities of immigrants who confront racism, broken promises, and a byzantine citizenship process. Drawing on Rain’s rural upbringing, decade in Peru, and marriage to a Peruvian spouse, the pair critique American exceptionalism, the weaponization of anti-immigrant memes, and the erosion of civics education—then pivot to worries that Substack may be “gentrifying” as legacy figures crowd out grassroots voices.
- Immigration narratives mask deep injustices that crush newcomers’ hopes.
- American exceptionalism discourages an honest reckoning with genocide, slavery, and ongoing inequities.
- Social-media misinformation festers because schools no longer teach critical thinking or real history.
- The labor market and birth-rate crises show the U.S. needs immigrant workers, yet nativists scapegoat them.
- Substack risks replicating corporate-media gatekeeping if independent writers lose algorithmic visibility.
The conversation underscores that genuine patriotism demands truth-telling: America only fulfills its promise when it welcomes migrants, funds public education that teaches unvarnished history, and guards alternative media spaces from corporate capture.
The complete article is here on my Substack.
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