[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  William Meijer [@williameijer](/creator/twitter/williameijer) on x 13.4K followers Created: 2025-06-02 16:01:16 UTC In his latest book The Culture Transplant, immigration economist @GarettJones has X predictions for the West if mass immigration from low-trust, poor countries were to continue: X. The quality of government would fall; corruption would rise. X. Social conflict would increase—and so would the risk of civil war. X. Trust—and probably trustworthiness—toward strangers would decline. X. Support would rise for higher minimum wages and laws making it harder to fire workers. X. Innovation would decline overall, and since new innovations eventually spread across the entire planet, the entire planet would eventually lose out.  XXXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [countries](/topic/countries) [Post Link](https://x.com/williameijer/status/1929569010116370724)
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William Meijer @williameijer on x 13.4K followers
Created: 2025-06-02 16:01:16 UTC
In his latest book The Culture Transplant, immigration economist @GarettJones has X predictions for the West if mass immigration from low-trust, poor countries were to continue:
X. The quality of government would fall; corruption would rise.
X. Social conflict would increase—and so would the risk of civil war.
X. Trust—and probably trustworthiness—toward strangers would decline.
X. Support would rise for higher minimum wages and laws making it harder to fire workers.
X. Innovation would decline overall, and since new innovations eventually spread across the entire planet, the entire planet would eventually lose out.
XXXXXXX engagements
Related Topics countries