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Wouldn't your thesis predict more political problems in areas of greatest diversity (ie, cities)? The cleft in the US runs mainly between rural and urban popula
by sdenton4 6y ago
Wouldn't your thesis predict more political problems in areas of greatest diversity (ie, cities)? The cleft in the US runs mainly between rural and urban populations; ie, between high-diversity and low diversity areas. Each 'system' seems to find political equilibria just fine on their own.
(Or, in a more flippant form: I hadn't noticed Toronto had become a hellscape of inter-ethnic conflict...)
- centimeter 6y ago> Wouldn't your thesis predict more political problems in areas of greatest diversity No, it would predict political division along racial lines, which is precisely what happens. > The cleft in the US runs mainly between rural and urban populations This is a weaker predictor than the racial demographics of the voters. > high-diversity and low diversity areas Are you using "diversity" as a synonym for "nonwhiteness"? Because if so, you're correct, but you could probably phrase this more explicitly. > I hadn't noticed Toronto had become a hellscape of inter-ethnic conflict Political rifts, which is what we are talking about, don't (usually, yet) manifest as visible ethnic conflict in the US either.