Yup and newer results debate Putnam's assertion. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01419870.2013.831932 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/0141

Yup and newer results debate Putnam's assertion. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01419870.2013.831932 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01419870.2013.831... Basically the only real assertion that could be made is that Americans are more scared of diversity than other countries. As to monocultures being bad, if we are looking at the rest of nature, then it's bad in the sense that it leaves massive vulnerabilities to being wiped out in one go. For example the potato blight, black death, bananas and so on, which arguably isn't the same thing as culture is far more adaptable. No one says monocultures are bad, they say they are risky. The reason everyone loves McDonalds french fries is because they are the same anywhere you get them, but if that particular potato has a bad year everyone will notice.