What we emphatically do not want is that these distinctive qualities should be washed out into a tasteless, colorless fluid of uniformity. Already we have far too much of this insipidity, -- masses of people who are cultural half- breeds, neither assimilated Anglo-Saxons nor nationals of another culture. Each national colony in this country seems to retain in its foreign press, its vernacular literature, its schools, its intellectual and patriotic leaders, a central cultural nucleus. From this nucleus the colony extends out by imperceptible gradations to a fringe where national characteristics are all but lost. Our cities are filled with these half- breeds who retain their foreign names but have lost the foreign savor. This does not mean that they have actually been changed into New Englanders or MiddleWesterners. It does not mean that they have been really Americanized. It means that, letting slip from them whatever native culture they had, they have substituted for it only the most rudimentary American -- the American culture of the cheap newspaper, the 'movies,' the popular song, the ubiquitous automobile. The unthinking who survey this class call them assimilated, Americanized. The great American public school has done its work. With these people our institutions are safe. We may thrill with dread at the aggressive hyphenate, but this tame flabbiness is accepted as Americanization. The same moulders of opinion whose ideal is to melt the different races into Anglo-Saxon gold hail this poor product as the satisfying result of their alchemy.



No matter the differences an immigrant entails, the qualities that separates them should not be over shadowed or broken down into basic formality of others. With people from so many different places and different beliefs, its hard to maintain a cultural identity in a country where national colonies has been established. These colonies has greatly impacted influence over immigrants, by preserving and and reiterating their language, schools, leaders and religion as superior to other beliefs.  While this does not necessarily mean that an immigrant fully adapts or dismisses their own culture for to be considered apart of Europe, but  it becomes easier to lose self identity in acceptance to the  "American culture". As much as this seems to devastate the people, it has become adopted and accepted as the Anglo-Saxon affect and is the result of Americanization.

Despite Negativity...

Half of Americans say there is too much government regulation of business and industry, by one percentage point the highest in Gallup's history of asking this question, dating to 1993. Americans were least likely to say the government regulated business too much in February 2002, just months after 9/11 and at a time when President Bush and Congress were involved in efforts to combat terrorism and had high approval ratings. The "too much regulation" attitude held in the 30% range for most of the rest of the last decade, but jumped after President Obama took office in 2009.
Republicans have consistently been more likely than Democrats to say there is too much government regulation of business, but in recent years, the gap between Republican and Democratic views on this issue has widened substantially
Some of the negative views of government are related to politics. The fact that Democrats were more concerned about government power when Bush was president and Republicans are more concerned about it with Obama as president shows that some people will be negative about the government simply because of political partisanship. Additionally, there are clear philosophical and ideological differences in views of the government that create the dynamic tension that exists in any democratic system, with conservatives generally favoring less government and liberals favoring more government.

From as far back as the 90's, the government has been potentially viewed as having to much say over Americans. Uprisings in businesses and markets since this time has greatly impacted how congress implements "power" state to state. Though this may not  have been a great deal before President Bush took office but certainly after 9/11 people began to question the role and sufficiency of congress. Political parties also started to take a stand point against the government, in fact, for some time Republicans has widely viewed the government as having too much power while Democrats viewed this is at a much slower pace. Either way both political parties seemed to have an effect over the American people being that they are the voices  of the people. However it seems as if the debate over government regulation varies based upon the Presidential elect in office, which may also help one to understand that policies and socialism comes from how well each party interacts.