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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mucus: [QB] A few unconnected thoughts: While I disagree with his general conclusion, there are many points in there which I believe are essentially correct if overly-simplified. I have no problems with the belief that if you could have two identical nations, one with a uniform ethnic population and one with a number of competing minorities, the uniform nation will likely last longer. While some of his examples are a bit odd, you could easily throw in Austria-Hungary or Yugoslavia to bolster his case. Conversely, China (as probably the one nation in all of history that has lasted the longest in more or less the same geographical form) no doubt owes much of its stability to a large Han majority. There actually was a good article on the development of self-segegration of various ethnic groups in Canada in today's Toronto Star and its not hard to see how this would lead to instability. However, I do disagree with the implied assertion that stability is necessarily a good thing. In a sort of societal echo to the "survival of the fittest" the nations that progress the fastest seem to be the ones that are constantly struggling against the other, both within the nation and without. (Not that its particularly fun to actually live within them) China was able to sit back with a stable government for hundreds of years at a time while the various peoples of the British isles were routinely killing and overthrowing each other for a squalid little wet island. Who got the grand unstable overseas empire? Britain. Nothing spurs empire building like realising that your infighting homeland is small, wet, and dreary, and that what you really want to do is get the hell out of dodge and take it out on someone else. But I digress, back to the speech. I would also agree with his statement that all cultures are not more or less equal. That sounds controversial but is fundamentally obvious. All cultures have their good points and down points, and the mathematical odds of all cultures being equal is almost impossible. I have no doubts that Blacks and Hispanics have higher drop-out rates due to BOTH prejudice and a culture that discourages education. Once again however, I would strongly disagree with the implied assertion that white American culture is automatically the best, for the obvious reasons. What does this all mean in the end? I dunno, but you can see that he raises some interesting points even if you can't agree with his conclusions (and assumptions). [/QB][/QUOTE]
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