issuevoter wrote on May 7
th, 2017 at 12:29pm:
Yadda wrote on May 4
th, 2017 at 8:21am:
issuevoter wrote on May 4
th, 2017 at 6:46am:
A commonly held view on the right is that Multiculturalism has failed because one religious culture rejects its concept.
That is not the the failure of multiculturalism.
'Multiculturalism', is a contradiction.Tolerance of another culture, is [also] the tolerance
of the mores and the morality which each new culture brings to 'the whole'.
Where all cultures [actually] mix, and where there is an insistence that every culture is
given imbued with equal social validity, the best
AND THE WORST, from any/every particular culture will eventually be 'infused' into 'the whole'.
Won't it ?
e.g.
Some cultures tend to 'wink' at corruption in business [and societal governance], and will tolerate corruption in business [and societal governance] more than some other cultures.
Is that a good thing, to tolerate ?
What does multiculturalism contradict? You're subsequent paragraphs do not explain any contradiction.
QUESTION;
The masses of humanity seeking entry to nations like Western Europe, N. America, Australia atm....
Are those masses of humanity seeking to enter those nations for the attraction of the cultural diversity in Western Europe, N. America, Australia, etc ?
Or are those masses of humanity seeking to enter those nations for the the sake of the attraction of their political stability and their material prosperity ?
QUESTION;
If this current trend continues [masses of humanity moving to those nations], do you believe that the, presumably, attractive 'cultures' in Western Europe, N. America, Australia, etc, will remain wholly, and to the same 'degree', 'attractive' ?
My own view, is that they will not.
Why do i believe that ?
Because, imo, the native cultures predominant within nations like Western Europe, N. America, Australia, etc, will be irrevocably altered - to the worse.
'Multiculturalism', is a contradiction, because 'multiculturalism' does not create cultural cohesion, imo.
Perhaps 'multiculturalism' brings some advantages.
But it also brings many underlying
cultural conflicts.
'Multiculturalism' is a process of upheaval and the destruction of the 'better', by the 'worse', imo.
We [individually] should be tolerant of, and encourage, cultural virtue.
The problem though, is that the social scientists and social experimenters, have hoisted upon us, a belief, an insistence,
that all diversity is good, is beneficial.
It isn't.
e.g.
You wouldn't mix animal blood in with your food, just because it was a 'different' way to eat your food. [some cultures do this]
You wouldn't eat the brains of monkeys, just because it was a 'different' way to eat your food. [some cultures do this]
You wouldn't seek to undermine the laws of the land, because 'our' laws are unfamiliar and cause some new immigrants to feel persecuted. Would you ?
Why not !
That, is what cultural diversity can bring, to a new land.
'Multiculturalism', is a contradiction, in that when it is accepted wholly
uncritically,
'multiculturalism' becomes a process of devolution of cultures, rather than a process of enhancement of
any culture, imo.