A healthy society should have: -A self-confident culture -A strong native birthrate -A steady & diverse inflow of immigrants -Thriving non-governmental institutions -Strong norms favoring linguistic, cultural & economic assimilation We used to call these ideas a "melting pot."
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Yo, those four criteria are nearly meaningless. Wtf is a "self-confident" culture? One that asserts itself via a threat of violence? One that claims superiority over others? One that contains lots of self-confident people? And how much immigration? From where? Everywhere?
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Not just one group, though.
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But the melting pot took decades to form. People from different cultures often formed their own communities when first coming here. They did not assimilate immediately, and I don't believe those already here made it easy for them.
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If that's your takeaway of the political discourse on this issue, I don't think you understand the substantive critiques of your soft nativism.
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Yes, it is malignant and it has a purpose: fracturing countries from within is a feature not a bug. Together we stand, divided we fall.
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Do you ever think to yourself “that’s so bonkers I must be wrong about something here” Or is it more like “we only have half an engine and a zebra as crew? FUCK IT! FULL STEAM AHEAD INTO THE SEA OF DIARRHEA!!!!”
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I’ll take strawman arguments for five hundred Alex...
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Oh, is that why they’re running the concentration camps? To “incorporate” immigrants? Is incorporate slang for “concentrate into camps” now? I’m not always up on the latest lingo.
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