Your vast array of statistics is very interesting but I
fail to accept your conjecture that assimilation is
what the future holds. First, as Karl Marx said, after a
point quantity irrevocably changes quality. Christianity
is virtually deceased in Europe. Faced with a declining
and decrepit population Euros want to import cheap labor
to keep them in beer and clean cities after their pension
system collapses. I don't think past instances of assimilation that you've cited can be compared in size
to the sunami that is entering Europe. All the reports
I've read indicate that assimilation is neither desired
nor practiced (by Euros or immigrants) on a scale
necessary to make any real difference. We see a roughly
similar situation in the U.S. where illegals are not
being assimilated but are creating their own subculture
because true assimilation requires many factors that are
absent: (1) Time (2)language immersion (3) education
about the new culture (4) exposure and integration into
every aspect of the ambient economy.
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