>has found the greater the diversity in a community, the fewer people vote and the less they volunteer, donate to charity, and work on community projects. In the most diverse communities, neighbors trust each other only half as much as in the most homogeneous environments.
Not fear, a clear understanding of reality. It’s easy to understand that if you import a large number of Somalians, your country will change to be more similar to Somalia. It shows itself in statistics time and time again. Just take a look at any crime stats broken down by race in any country. Indeed look at even Sweden, they imported a large population of Syrians and Afghans and their gun violence rate has doubled in the last decade.
It’s no coincidence that the US was founded by European Christians and that it took on many of the best characteristics of those same European Christian societies (the ones who invented science, the enlightenment, the rule of law, etc). That is the real power behind the American Empire.
>Do you suppose your response to an ethnically or culturally different neighbor differs from some your ancestors’?
Likely I have very similar views to my ancestors. That is that our country and people have a right to continue existing as they have for thousands of years.
>morally superior
Our country does not owe anybody the right to live here, we reserve the right to allow or disallow anyone we want to move here and become a citizen, that is one of the main characteristics of a sovereign nation. If your criteria for immigration is purely “what is the most moral policy?” (An extremely vague idea, subject to interpretation by anyone), then your country will very quickly cease to exist.
New York Times:
>has found the greater the diversity in a community, the fewer people vote and the less they volunteer, donate to charity, and work on community projects. In the most diverse communities, neighbors trust each other only half as much as in the most homogeneous environments.
>https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/05/world/americas/05iht-dive...
>fear of the other
Not fear, a clear understanding of reality. It’s easy to understand that if you import a large number of Somalians, your country will change to be more similar to Somalia. It shows itself in statistics time and time again. Just take a look at any crime stats broken down by race in any country. Indeed look at even Sweden, they imported a large population of Syrians and Afghans and their gun violence rate has doubled in the last decade.
It’s no coincidence that the US was founded by European Christians and that it took on many of the best characteristics of those same European Christian societies (the ones who invented science, the enlightenment, the rule of law, etc). That is the real power behind the American Empire.
>Do you suppose your response to an ethnically or culturally different neighbor differs from some your ancestors’?
Likely I have very similar views to my ancestors. That is that our country and people have a right to continue existing as they have for thousands of years.
>morally superior
Our country does not owe anybody the right to live here, we reserve the right to allow or disallow anyone we want to move here and become a citizen, that is one of the main characteristics of a sovereign nation. If your criteria for immigration is purely “what is the most moral policy?” (An extremely vague idea, subject to interpretation by anyone), then your country will very quickly cease to exist.