Diversity harms societies, lowers mutual trust

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Diversity harms societies, lowers mutual trust

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2016 Apr 4, 11:48am 43,748 views 158 comments

http://archive.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/08/05/the_downside_of_diversity/

The Downside of Diversity

From multicultural festivals to pronouncements from political leaders, the message is the same: our differences make us stronger. But a massive new study, based on detailed interviews of nearly 30,000 people across America, has concluded just the opposite. Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam -- famous for "Bowling Alone," his 2000 book on declining civic engagement -- has found that the greater the diversity in a community, the fewer people vote and the less they volunteer, the less they give to charity and work on community projects. In the most diverse communities, neighbors trust one another about half as much as...

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Patrick 2023 Oct 11, 4:51pm

https://covidreason.substack.com/p/a-personal-note-on-the-battle-of

No one emigrated to France to become French. No one emigrates to Italy to become Italian. It used to be that people emigrated to America to become “American.”

That last part is important. That used to be the glue that held us together. I fear we’re losing that.

In short, the fastest growing demographic in the modern world is also the one most opposed to liberal democracies and republics. That’s a problem.

Muslims make Mexicans look good by comparison. Mexicans have their issues with crime and violence, but as a rule they don't want to kill you just because you are not one of them. So Europe has a bigger problem than we do.

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Patrick 2023 Oct 12, 9:35am

https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1712457240517492869