# @builders on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DI2QjLGOwXD
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/29812121-builders-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-04-24T23:31:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Builders (@builders) — https://gondola.cc/builders

## Caption

In 2011, George Bush warned about the rise of fear…

During a Q&A on C-SPAN, President George Bush reflected on what he saw as a resurgence of familiar currents in American politics: isolationism, protectionism, and nativism. He pointed to the 1920s as a moment worth revisiting — an era marked by “America First” sentiment, more restrictive immigration laws, and skepticism of global trade, all of which some historians connect to the economic struggles that followed.

His message wasn’t a condemnation, but a caution: history has patterns, and it’s worth asking where those patterns might lead. What stood out most was his hope for a future shaped by thoughtful, forward-looking immigration policy.

More than a decade later, it’s still a question worth considering: how does history inform the choices we make today?

#Politics #GeorgeBush #Immigration #Government #Throwback

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