Eh, no... you were talking about the 19th century nationalist unifications in Europe. It's just not a relevant argument in a thread about modern day multiculturalism and its issues.Originally Posted by Watchman
Re: why did the west commit to multiculturalism?
Eh, no... you were talking about the 19th century nationalist unifications in Europe. It's just not a relevant argument in a thread about modern day multiculturalism and its issues.
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Re: why did the west commit to multiculturalism?
Really? 'Cause I daresay the nationalist projects of the Long Nineteenth Century, and especially their many failings and ugly sideshows as well as the fact they were engaged in to begin with, rather illustrate why "multiculturalism" ended up as de rigueur.
Ie. because the alternatives were found out to be rather vile and unworkable.
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Re: why did the west commit to multiculturalism?
Again how can you compare the regional differences of the 19th century with modern immigration. It's a completely different beast, as I said earlier you are talking about different culture/dress/accent etc as if it is the same thing as a group of people with a completely different religion/values/society etc. Not to mention the fact that the geographic distribution is completely different. Having different regions with their own customs is one thing, ramming hordes of foreigners into ghettos and focusing them in poor urban communities is a whole different matter.
Also please tell me what this "vile and unworkable", and apparently only alternative to multiculturalism is.
I do not see anything vile or unworkable about the nation state, it was working fine until a few decades ago.
At the end of the day politics is just trash compared to the Gospel.
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