http://www.marketwatch.com/story/obama-20-and-the-world-andy-xie-2012-11-22?link=MW_story_featstor
The United States is amidst a profound transition towards a multiethnic and multi-religious society. In its first two centuries, the country absorbed mostly Europeans. Hispanics and Asians are now the fastest growing groups in the country. The Roman Empire first gave citizenship to other Italians and eventually to the people within the empire.
Whatâs going on in the United States is similar to the second stage of Roman integration. The future of the United States depends on whether the existing majority accepts this change and whether the newcomers are additive to the system, not subtractive. The answer to both remains uncertain
