It&#x27;s an idea that was invoked by the American left to explain Bush&#x27;s failure in Iraq, and eventually conceded by key figures on the right as well: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&#x2F;donald-rumsfeld-admits-that-expecting-a-democracy-in-iraq-was-unrealistic-2015-6" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&#x2F;donald-rumsfeld-admits-that-e...</a>. So I&#x27;m not sure it&#x27;s all that controversial.<p>And we&#x27;re not talking about whether individual Iraqis in Minnesota are ready for democracy. We are talking about the link posted earlier in the thread, which suggested that the optimal number of immigrants in the U.S. would be two billion. That&#x27;s not encouraging immigration of selected individuals, it&#x27;s endorsing wholesale migration of huge populations.