The West: Death by Suicide

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"Countries, ancient and modern, that have tried to unite diverse tribes have usually fared poorly. The Italian Roman Republic lasted about 500 years. In contrast, the multiracial Roman Empire that after the Edict of Caracalla in AD 212 made all its diverse peoples equal citizens endured little more than two (often violent) centuries."

Victor Davis Hanson

http://www.nationalreview.com/node/436347/print
 
"America is history’s exception. It began as a republic founded by European migrants. Like the homogenous citizens of most other nations, they were likely on a trajectory to incorporate racial sameness as the mark of citizenship. But the ultimate logic of America’s unique Constitution was different. So the United States steadily evolved to define Americans by their shared values, not by their superficial appearance. Eventually, anyone who was willing to give up his prior identity and assume a new American persona became American.

"The United States has always cherished its “melting pot” ethos of e pluribus unum — of blending diverse peoples into one through assimilation, integration, and intermarriage.

"When immigration was controlled, measured, and coupled with a confident approach to assimilation, America thrived. Various ethnic groups enriched America with diverse art, food, music, and literature while accepting a common culture of American values and institutions. Problems arose only when immigration was often illegal, in mass, and without emphasis on assimilation.

"Sometime in the late 20th century, America largely gave up on multiracialism under one common culture and opted instead for multiculturalism, in which each particular ethnic group retained its tribal chauvinism and saw itself as separate from the whole.

"Hyphenated names suddenly became popular. The government tracked Americans’ often complicated ethnic lineage. Jobs and college admissions were sometimes predicated on racial pedigrees and quotas. Courts ruled that present discrimination was allowable compensation for past discrimination."
 
"So far, America has beaten the odds and remained multiracial rather than multicultural, thereby becoming the most powerful nation in the world.

"We should remember that diversity is an ornament, but unity is our strength."
 
Whodathunk that NRO's Victor Davis Hansen would write an article endorsing the idea of ethnic, racial, and religious purity?

Who would have thought one of our very own "Not Republican" conservatives would be endorsing this idea?

Probably everyone. :rolleyes:
 
Britain has been multi racial for at least the last two thousand years. We seem to be doing OK.
 
U_D, you know you're on ignore.

:eek:

You do not play nice like Reci...

We've gone through this Cap'n Hypocrite. I don't give a shit if you read my posts or not. I'm just here to point out your ignorance and overt bigotry.

In fact it makes it more fun for me when you assume and try to respond, making yourself look like even more of an idiotic douche-nozzle than normal.
 
Some people feel compelled to constantly prove their ignorance and stewpidity. It's one of the mysteries of the universe.

Claiming something simple is a "mystery of the universe" is not a ringing endorsement of your lack of ignorance, Skippy.
 
Pointing out you two morons giggling like schoolgirls with racists is a pleasant way to start a morning.
 
And the Mexican flags keep on wavin' and the Amurican flags keep on burning while racial epithets such as "chief" keep on flowin'!


Isn't the Left wonderful?
 
Disgustipated is what you find at the bottom of a septic tank.
 
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