6 ms·

oooh the irony in this statement. If I could only monetize that somehow!!! If diversity was truly a strength why would he threaten to voluntarily give away tha

oooh the irony in this statement. If I could only monetize that somehow!!! If diversity was truly a strength why would he threaten to voluntarily give away that which makes him "strong"?... Who was the last "dictator" you can think of that willfully wanted to give away an advantage? Rather than having an elitists take on the matter while calling others fools, maybe you should reflect a little bit as to why he would make such a threat. If you think about it for more than two seconds you´ll come to the realization that he´s threatening because, unlike you, he understands the nature of what makes this a "threat".

FeteCommuniste 7y ago
Pretty sure that GP's statement was sarcastic and you two are on the same team.
- wesammikhail 7y ago
  I sure hope so. But weirdly enough, you cant tell sarcasm from a serious statement these days because we are in a crazy time where the most stupid shit is an everyday occurrence.
- diegoperini 7y ago
  I wish there weren't any teams in these kind of discussions.
akhilcacharya 7y ago
To be clear, diversity does make countries stronger and America's exceptional status as a hyperpower is proof of this.
- rimliu 7y ago
  It would be an interesting exercise to count the number of logical fallacies in this one sentence.
  - happytoexplain 7y ago
    Pretty sure it's just the one - assertion of "proof" where they should have said "evidence". I don't know why your tone is so antagonistic.
- wsc981 7y ago
  Japan isn’t very diverse and they seem to be doing ok. Diversity has it’s pros and cons.
  - akhilcacharya 7y ago
    ~30 year stagnation is OK? Their 30 year postwar expansion was made possible due to American investment. The Abe government understands this and is attempting to lure foreign work albeit slowly. It’s hardly an example of cultural or economic dynamism the United States is.
  - mcsofake 7y ago
    > they seem to be doing ok Japan is not really doing OK. They are literally going extinct, have an awful and destructive work culture and have a ton of problems with sexism, to the point where it is necessary to have gender-segregated train carriages to stop groping. The only reason Japan seems to be doing OK is because their news are mostly inaccessible to the rest of the world.
    - deogeo 7y ago
      > They are literally going extinct Has immigration raised the birth-rate of the native population in other countries? I can find no examples of that anywhere in the modern-day West. Besides, there are significantly more Japanese people now than at any other time in history, the last decade being the sole exception [1,2]. They have a long way to go before having to worry of extinction, and the environment will be very grateful in the mean-time. As for reducing sexism, diversity is no guarantee, and can easily go the other way: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20161219-france-battle-against-gender-segregation-french-suburbs https://www.france24.com/en/video/20161219-france-battle-aga... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_Japan_before_the_Meiji_Restoration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_Japan_b... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Japan#Historical_population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Japan#Historic...
- alfromspace 7y ago
  America was far more of a hyperpower in the mid-20th century when it didn't have so much diversity. Diversity is at best neutral for the economy, and it's almost surely what's making the country socially go down the toilet now.
  - akhilcacharya 7y ago
    Er what? The Soviet Union still existed in the mid 20th century. The United States was not the sole superpower and Americans lived under the threat of a mushroom cloud. Socially down the toilet now? How exactly? I can’t think of a single way life for the average American is worse in this century than it was in the 1960s.

FeteCommuniste 7y ago

Pretty sure that GP's statement was sarcastic and you two are on the same team.

wesammikhail 7y ago
I sure hope so. But weirdly enough, you cant tell sarcasm from a serious statement these days because we are in a crazy time where the most stupid shit is an everyday occurrence.
diegoperini 7y ago
I wish there weren't any teams in these kind of discussions.

akhilcacharya 7y ago

To be clear, diversity does make countries stronger and America's exceptional status as a hyperpower is proof of this.

rimliu 7y ago
It would be an interesting exercise to count the number of logical fallacies in this one sentence.
- happytoexplain 7y ago
  Pretty sure it's just the one - assertion of "proof" where they should have said "evidence". I don't know why your tone is so antagonistic.
wsc981 7y ago
Japan isn’t very diverse and they seem to be doing ok. Diversity has it’s pros and cons.
- akhilcacharya 7y ago
  ~30 year stagnation is OK? Their 30 year postwar expansion was made possible due to American investment. The Abe government understands this and is attempting to lure foreign work albeit slowly. It’s hardly an example of cultural or economic dynamism the United States is.
- mcsofake 7y ago
  > they seem to be doing ok Japan is not really doing OK. They are literally going extinct, have an awful and destructive work culture and have a ton of problems with sexism, to the point where it is necessary to have gender-segregated train carriages to stop groping. The only reason Japan seems to be doing OK is because their news are mostly inaccessible to the rest of the world.
  - deogeo 7y ago
    > They are literally going extinct Has immigration raised the birth-rate of the native population in other countries? I can find no examples of that anywhere in the modern-day West. Besides, there are significantly more Japanese people now than at any other time in history, the last decade being the sole exception [1,2]. They have a long way to go before having to worry of extinction, and the environment will be very grateful in the mean-time. As for reducing sexism, diversity is no guarantee, and can easily go the other way: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20161219-france-battle-against-gender-segregation-french-suburbs https://www.france24.com/en/video/20161219-france-battle-aga... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_Japan_before_the_Meiji_Restoration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_Japan_b... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Japan#Historical_population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Japan#Historic...
alfromspace 7y ago
America was far more of a hyperpower in the mid-20th century when it didn't have so much diversity. Diversity is at best neutral for the economy, and it's almost surely what's making the country socially go down the toilet now.
- akhilcacharya 7y ago
  Er what? The Soviet Union still existed in the mid 20th century. The United States was not the sole superpower and Americans lived under the threat of a mushroom cloud. Socially down the toilet now? How exactly? I can’t think of a single way life for the average American is worse in this century than it was in the 1960s.