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So you do accept you can make some complaints, and want SOME changes. Which means we basically agree, I think. My point is saying you can't try and make ANY change at all is a terrible rule.
The issue with our version of course it there is no objective standard. You think I can try and campaign for lead pipes being phased out, (even though I presumably knew about the lead pipes before moving because that is good for everyone, but not for re-introducing slavery, because that is bad). Great, I would agree with those choices. Where things get trickier is everywhere in between. If I think abortion is worse than lead pipes do I get to campaign for abortion to be made illegal in the US? If I think State and Religion being separate is a bad thing do I get to campaign for that to be changed in my new country? Is this complicated if there are "natives" who are also campaigning for those same things? Can I vote for a "native" politician who wants to ban abortion or does that count as trying to change the country I am supposed to accept?
I think HylnkaCG's rule of having to accept anything because you agreed to it when you moved in, is clearly not a great rule (and your lead pipes example is a good counter-example actually). But I also understand that means there is no objective stopping point, and that it's tricky to work out what they should be allowed to mess with and what they shouldn't. What exactly is the American culture they are not allowed to mess with, given that Americans themselves don't always agree? Even the answer, you can try to change whatever the native populace allows you to try and change has holes in it, as the native populace is not likely to be in 100% agreement themselves.
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