That little “invitation” on the Statue of Liberty may have turned out to be the death of America. According to the O.T. God never liked the mixing of races (Tower of Babel, for one example). He dispersed the mixers each to their own borders and language. There is much to be said for culture. It makes us who we are. It occurs to me that “masking” has turned out to be the perfect idea for separating even those with the same culture.
Nations are the most logical way to organize all of the different cultures that exist on this planet. I think of it as a neighborhood with houses, each has a family who lives according to the way they want to live. They can be good neighbors and get along with their neighbors out of mutual respect. But what happens when you start forcing these families to live under the same roof and force them to share resources? Things get ugly real quick.