Andrew Torba, December 27, 2024

The debate surrounding H-1B visas and legal immigration has ignited a fiery discourse online this week, exposing a chasm that exists between two fundamentally different worldviews and value systems. The recently-turned-MAGA-five-minutes-ago corner of the Silicon Valley elite, men who champion the post-Enlightenment mindset that views nations as mere “corporations” or “sports teams,” find themselves at odds with a growing movement of American citizens that yearns for a deeper, more meaningful connection to their people, place, and God.

We are told by Elon Musk and his band of Silicon Valley foreigner friends that America must import more foreigners, “legally” of course, in order to win! “Winning” is not defined outside of making shareholder value go up and increasing the GDP or something. If your home is destroyed and turned into a third-world slum in the process of “winning,” well that’s just the cost of doing business. If you can’t afford to buy a home or start a family while foreigners live like kings when they return home and arbitrage our currency for their own, well that’s just a downside of “progress.”

These guys have been getting dragged in the comment sections for days on this topic by the American people who are sick and tired of being cast aside for foreign labor in our own country. In response, Elon and his friends have alluded to Americans being “lazy” “unskilled” and even “retarded.” After substantial pushback in the comment sections all over his own platform, Elon announced that the algorithm on X would be changing to combat this rising tide of dissent. X also started removing verification badges and locking out accounts that have been pushing back on the call for more “legal” replacement of our people. This has caused a flood of X users to join the Gab community in recent days and we welcome them with open arms to experience both freedom of speech and freedom of reach that our platform has to offer.

The Silicon Valley elite, blinded by their own intellectual arrogance and disconnected from the spiritual needs of the people, have proposed immigration policies that prioritize economic efficiency and their shareholder’s interests over the well-being of Americans and the integrity of our communities and culture. Their callous approach to immigration is a direct consequence of the spiritual vacancy that characterizes their post-Enlightenment worldview, which elevates materialism above all else.

These people have lost touch with the fundamental human need for belonging, purpose, and a sense of place. They have forgotten that mass legal migration, just as much as mass illegal migration, is not merely an economic transaction but a deeply personal and spiritual transaction that involves the uprooting of communities, the loss of cultural identity, and the undermining of American citizens.

The H-1B visa program, designed to facilitate the temporary employment of foreign workers in specialty occupations, has become a lightning rod for this clash of worlds and values. Proponents argue that it is essential for driving innovation, maintaining a competitive edge in the global marketplace, and filling skills gaps in the American workforce. Detractors, meanwhile, assert that the program undermines American workers, erodes the fabric of our communities, and prioritizes economic efficiency over the spiritual and cultural well-being of our nation. The reality about the H-1B is that is provides corporations with what are essentially indentured servants who work double the hours for half the cost and literally cannot quit or change jobs or they will be sent back home. How can Americans compete with that? They can’t, by design.

This debate is not merely a disagreement over policy, but a manifestation of the chasm that exists between those who have embraced the secular, materialistic worldview of the Enlightenment and those who yearn for a deeper, more meaningful connection to their people, place, and God. The Silicon Valley Sultans, who joined us only after it was evident that President Trump was going to win and it was extremely safe to do so, cannot be allowed to dictate the policy of the movement they joined five minutes ago. We don’t care how much money they donated; this movement is not the private sector, and they must understand that they work for and answer to the American people first and foremost, not their corporation’s shareholders.

These people have lost touch with the toil that goes into creating something real, something that will last, like our nation. They are unrooted from the soil and thus have no care for its fundamental destruction so long as they can profit from it. Corporations, websites, apps, and games come and go. Society is not built upon pixels; it is built upon the labor, love, and blood of hardworking men and women who pour their hearts into creating and building something real.

Let us not be blinded by their illusions. Let us instead turn our attention to the things that will outlast any pixel or algorithm. Let us build a better future, brick by brick, with our own two hands and with our own exceptional people. The potential for American greatness has never been higher and we do not need to look to talent pools in foreign nations in order to unlock that potential.

We must focus on constructing American manufacturing infrastructure, building hospitals that heal, homes that house, and upgrading our transportation systems to the 21st century. These are the things that will outlast any corporation, pixel, or algorithm and form the foundation of a truly great nation for decades to come.

The immigration debate is a reflection of the profound spiritual rot that permeates the post-Enlightenment mind of our so-called elites and, by extension, the broader society. We must return to the tangible and to the spiritual, to the things that truly matter. Let us not be blinded by the allure of economic efficiency and political expediency. Instead, let us turn our attention to the things and the people who will form the foundation of a truly great nation.

We must build a better future, brick by brick, with our own two hands and with our own exceptional people. The time has come for us to stand up and demand that our elected officials prioritize the well-being of Americans and the integrity of our communities and culture over the interests of multinational corporations and their shareholders. We will not stand by idly and watch the continued erosion of our country and undermining of our people in the name of the “winning” an increased GDP and shareholder value.

Our country is not a sports team. It is not a corporation. It is not an economic zone.

It is our home.

To God be the glory,

Andrew Torba CEO, Gab.com Christ is King