To: rmlew
“He speaks economics, but Balkanization is about ethnicity.”
I have to disagree. We’ve had many ethnic groups for most of our history - English, Irish, German, Italian Spanish, Chinese, Japanese... you name it they’ve come here. Balkanization was never a significant problem until recently, until leftist ideas such as multicult replaced the “melting pot”.
32 posted on
05/18/2012 11:57:45 PM PDT by
aquila48
To: aquila48
I have to disagree. Weve had many ethnic groups for most of our history - English, Irish, German, Italian Spanish, Chinese, Japanese... you name it theyve come here. Balkanization was never a significant problem until recently, until leftist ideas such as multicult replaced the melting pot.
For previous waves of immigration the founding populations was a majority, soon added to be assimilated others who intermarried. This majority was self-assured, demanded that immigrants assimilate, and restricted immigration every generation or two to ensure this. None of these factors are true today.
60 posted on
05/20/2012 3:08:19 PM PDT by
rmlew
("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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