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Better than you
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Like Imperial Rome?

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Dane Simri
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Sol, I'm still missing your logic. Are you saying that a homogeneous culture can only "bend in one direction?" Maybe if you typed slowly and used small words I'd get it.

First, are you throwing Imperial Rome into the ring as being an example of cultural homogeneity? If so, are you serious?

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Sol System
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Not just culture. Any system that limits itself to one mode of reaction is always at risk of being destroyed when something new happens in the environment.

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Dane Simri
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Oh, so you're saying that a homogeneous culture limits itself to one mode of reaction and is therefore doomed when that single mode fails. I hate to hold you to logic here, but you at some point have to prove that a homogeneous culture would be limited in such a way. To me, it seems that a society unhindered by the prejudices of a plurality of cultures would avail itself of a wider range of possible reactions, not a narrower one.

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Where are those different reactions going to come from, if everyone is forced to act the same with no alternative?

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Sol System
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By definition, a homogenous culture only has one set of reactions to choose from.

You aren't talking about an homogenous culture, however, but one where the differences aren't based on things that we might call petty, such as birth place or skin color.

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