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> You hold a very narrow view of multicultural societies No, I hold an accurate view of them. Differences matter and the difference between two Han Chinese is

> You hold a very narrow view of multicultural societies No, I hold an accurate view of them. Differences matter and the difference between two Han Chinese is not the same difference between a White person and a Somali refugee no matter how much you pretend it is. America was not always a multi-cultural society. It was a society for the white man. This was explicitly stated by every president from George Washington to Abraham Lincoln to Woodrow Wilson. Our frontier spirit was largely driven by claiming land for the white man away from supposedly barbaric and inferior races. Go read a history of the Mexican-America war if you want to dive into how much racial solidarity played a part in us winning that war. You like others want to make it seem a lot less homogeneous than it was by talking about Irish and Italian immigrants (of which I am one). Similarly, China is not a multi-cultural society and neither is India. I'd encourage you to actually go to these places. When I went to India I had to stay in a barricaded hotel with bomb checks. I had people requesting to get a picture with me as I was so unusual every time I went out. And as for why I think America was successful at innovating earlier in the 20th century? I think it has a huge part to do with a tremendous culture of education and learning, as well as huge amounts of investments. Just to give an example, the Apollo project was 2% of GDP! Just think about that. Can you imagine research investment happening at that level?

non-entity 6y ago
> and neither is India. I'd encourage you to actually go to these places. When I went to India I had to stay in a barricaded hotel with bomb checks. I had people requesting to get a picture with me as I was so unusual every time I went out. This sounds like some nonsensical attempt to reduce things to race > India has more than two thousand ethnic groups,[14] and every major religion is represented, as are four major families of languages (Indo-European, Dravidian, Austroasiatic and Sino-Tibetan languages) as well as two language isolates (the Nihali language[15] spoken in parts of Maharashtra and the Burushaski language spoken in parts of Jammu and Kashmir (Kashmir)) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_India https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_India
nine_zeros 6y ago
I would recommend you to read up a bit more about China and India multiculturalism. Also read up on American demographics over time and how American success was not guaranteed until America started removing barriers. America was a great country because we resolved to make it unified and not retain old world (European) differences. I don't see any such resolve today. All I see is a fantasy of some land occupied by white people. A fantasy that never truly existed in the history of America because America has always had diversity.
aww_dang 6y ago
>Differences matter and the difference between two Han Chinese is not the same difference between a White person and a Somali refugee no matter how much you pretend it is. As long as we can transact freely and respect private property, the culture wars are not as important as some would make them.

non-entity 6y ago

> and neither is India. I'd encourage you to actually go to these places. When I went to India I had to stay in a barricaded hotel with bomb checks. I had people requesting to get a picture with me as I was so unusual every time I went out. This sounds like some nonsensical attempt to reduce things to race > India has more than two thousand ethnic groups,[14] and every major religion is represented, as are four major families of languages (Indo-European, Dravidian, Austroasiatic and Sino-Tibetan languages) as well as two language isolates (the Nihali language[15] spoken in parts of Maharashtra and the Burushaski language spoken in parts of Jammu and Kashmir (Kashmir)) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_India https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_India

nine_zeros 6y ago

I would recommend you to read up a bit more about China and India multiculturalism. Also read up on American demographics over time and how American success was not guaranteed until America started removing barriers. America was a great country because we resolved to make it unified and not retain old world (European) differences. I don't see any such resolve today. All I see is a fantasy of some land occupied by white people. A fantasy that never truly existed in the history of America because America has always had diversity.

aww_dang 6y ago

>Differences matter and the difference between two Han Chinese is not the same difference between a White person and a Somali refugee no matter how much you pretend it is. As long as we can transact freely and respect private property, the culture wars are not as important as some would make them.