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Diversity divides societies, lowers mutual trust


               
2016 Apr 4, 11:48am   55,166 views  226 comments

by Patrick   follow (60)  

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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204   Ratherbecaving   2025 Sep 1, 8:51pm  

+6
Yes, the Statue of Liberty has broken chains and a shackle at her feet, symbolizing the end of slavery and oppression in America, though they are a subtle detail at the base of her right foot, almost hidden from view. The chains are a representation of America's enduring struggle for racial equality and freedom from bondage, a key aspect of the statue's original commission, which aimed to celebrate the abolition of slavery.
207   Patrick   2025 Sep 4, 9:33am  

I think they have just about the lowest birth rate in the world.

They need cheap housing and a ban on feminism.
208   yawaraf   2025 Sep 5, 12:40pm  

Population density in South Korea is about 500/km².
Germany 250
USA 40

They need to reject immigration and maintain a strong army to guard against the commies and other possible enemies. This way they preserve their country for Koreans.

Low fertility rate seems desirable until their population drops to a reasonable number.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population_density
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.POP.DNST?locations=KR


209   Patrick   2025 Sep 5, 2:28pm  

True, some places are overpopulated, even if the world as a whole is not.
213   AD   2025 Oct 5, 6:09pm  

Cesar Chavez was against illegal immigration and encouraged the federal government to enforce immigration law.
214   FortWayneHatesRealtors   2025 Oct 5, 7:33pm  

Patrick says







Many Muslim countries won’t take Muslims from “shitty” Muslim countries out of fear of terrorism and thug behavior.

But we take everyone like retards.
215   HeadSet   2025 Oct 5, 7:43pm  

Fortwaye says

Many Muslim countries won’t take Muslims from “shitty” Muslim countries out of fear of terrorism and thug behavior.

That is also a strategy to spread Islam in the West. Saudi Arabia, et al, will not take in refugees but will spend money to build mosques in the West where these refugees settle.
216   Patrick   2025 Oct 17, 12:47pm  

https://neofeudalreview.substack.com/p/the-nursing-home-economy


Other countries which apparently have decent aging care facilities - Norway (or maybe not), Sweden, Denmark, Japan - are all historically homogenous cultures with high societal trust, but America today is a desolate wasteland, not homogenous at all and with very low societal trust, so deciding on some government policy to improve things is simply not going to work.
224   DemoralizerOfPanicans   2025 Dec 4, 2:42pm  

The Roman Elites preferred foreign slaves to domestic proles.
225   MolotovCocktail   2025 Dec 4, 3:33pm  

Patrick says

I think they have just about the lowest birth rate in the world.

They need cheap housing and a ban on feminism.


Real TFR in Tier 1 cities in China (Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong) is now 0.25.

Other high tier cities is 0.5.

Those are not tyos.
226   MolotovCocktail   2025 Dec 4, 3:36pm  

yawaraf says

Low fertility rate seems desirable until their population drops to a reasonable number.


That's not how population collapse works:



It can't be stopped on a dime, either.

North Korea just has to wait it out and then simply march in. The highways in SK will have 90% empty traffic for Nork tanks to drive on.

Actually, Norks won't have to deploy many tanks by then.

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