June 18, 2025
Work Americans (Especially American Men) Won’t Do
By Chris Boland
Heraclitus once stated, “a man never steps into the same river twice,” which implies that both the river and the man are continuously changing. The United States, and we as its citizens, are also constantly changing, but change can be managed and directed towards improvement and away from chaos. Among the most important decisions facing us is that of illegal immigration and who is going to do our work.
Over the past decade, several political luminaries such as Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Chuck Schumer, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have declared that we need illegal immigrants to do the work that Americans won’t do. In an obtuse way, they are correct. Americans will not do the work for wages that have been eroded and diminished by thirty years of unabated illegal immigration and 30 million illegal immigrants. They will not do the work that has been remuneratively devalued and culturally denigrated.
Continuing with our river analogy, this statement by Democrat politicians regarding what work Americans won’t do overlooks a more important change in cultural currents. For two generations, young Americans have been encouraged to pursue college degrees and white-collar jobs and to eschew career paths that require any form of muscle work. The river of our culture persuaded young people that their futures were in air-conditioned offices and comfortable cubicles, and to look with disdain on those who toiled in the elements or on factory floors. As the river rolled on, it changed who we are.
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