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You're both right, and that's the beauty of culture. The double sided sword yields both benefits and disadvantages. The irony is that America's historical appre
by doctorcroc 9y ago
You're both right, and that's the beauty of culture. The double sided sword yields both benefits and disadvantages. The irony is that America's historical appreciation of immigration (one of the best ways to mitigate cultural blind spots) has yielded a backlash against the lack of a cultural bedrock, and become a double edge sword itself.
- krapp 9y ago> The irony is that America's historical appreciation of immigration (one of the best ways to mitigate cultural blind spots) has yielded a backlash against the lack of a cultural bedrock, and become a double edge sword itself. Only for people who refuse to appreciate that immigration as a whole is America's cultural bedrock, and not merely the effect of immigration from a particular group or region.
- mistermann 9y agoAre there upper limits to the level of immigration before this bedrock starts to deteriorate? I was out at a park on the weekend and I'd estimate less than 25% of the people there could speak the same language as me. Does an inability to verbally communicate with my fellow citizens really not affect anything?
- tptacek 9y agoYou were at a park in the US and less than a quarter of the people there spoke English? Where was this park?
- mistermann 9y agoSorry, Vancouver BC Canada. I should also clarify, I don't know what percentage of those people were capable of speaking English, based on past experience of attempts I would guess < 25%, but that's pure speculation.
- krapp 9y agoYou have an entire province that refuses to speak English. Your argument is invalid.
- mistermann 9y agoQuebec, founded in 1608 (well, Quebec City), a semi-sovereign nation in Canada whom we literally fought a war with in the past, is not really comparable to the situation in Vancouver. I don't think it's my argument that isn't valid.