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Communities based on identity are more important for long-term survival, yes. Just 200 years ago the politics and ideologies of most nations were completely ali
by like_any_other 2y ago
Communities based on identity are more important for long-term survival, yes. Just 200 years ago the politics and ideologies of most nations were completely alien to what they are today. Only their people remain.
A country based on "ideas" or "values" is also tyrannical - if people born there espouse different values, do they lose citizenship and get exiled, replaced by a foreigner that mouths the right platitudes?
- jltsiren 2y agoBut is it a chosen identity or an identity imposed by circumstances of birth? In any case, focusing on identity leads to identity politics and (at least anecdotally) bad outcomes. I believe that countries should be based on citizenship without any assumptions of shared identity, values, or culture. There will always be citizens who don't fit in, no matter which policies the country chooses to pursue. But with reasonably free immigration, those people could at least try their luck elsewhere.
- verdverm 2y agoThe US has changed drastically in the last 200 years, in large part from the contributions of immigrants. The US has been a country of immigration for most of its history. We were taught (in the 90s) that it is the melting pot of the world and that is part of what made us great