Thus The Wall Street Journal today. “Germany has become one of the most popular immigration destinations in the world, and is now second to the US as the most attractive market economy for workers,” explains the newspaper. This is wonderful news for the leading European country, assuming Germany becomes like America of old in the acceptance of immigrants. For there is no way forward without them, forever eager and enthusiastic about every opportunity on offer. Unfortunately, America has started forgetting this simple trick of economic development. Marred by September 11, 2001, it has turned itself inward. To its own detriment, of course. But will Germany beat America as the most popular immigration destination in the years to come? The way things are shaping in Europe as of late, this is not very likely. Immigrants are increasingly despised across the aging subcontinent. And the sentiment is gradually taking over Germany, as well. Soon enough, the Swiss immigration quotas will spread over the rest of Europe.