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2/8 How many people here actually like living in a culturally
diverse environment? I mean, S Cal is one of the most diverse
environments and it is a total dump. Ditto with Miami, etc.
To me, cultural diversity means lots of disagreements and a
decreasing possibility of pleasing everyone with social services
that a majority of the minorities would need.
\_ To me it means exposure to lots of different ideas and good food
\_ The SoCal definition of diverse seems spread out over a large
geographic area, and much of the diversity gets subsumed in
either LA culture or suburban culture. I prefer the diversity
of San Francisco, Berkeley, and parts of Oakland.
\- diverse = cheep food, open late = a good thing
\_ a good thing if you're single, a really really bad thing
if you have kids and you don't want them to get into
drugs, hip-hop, queer bi-curious, and strip clubs.
\_ As a kid I was into drugs, (not so much hip-hop),
motss and strip clubs and I think I turned out better
for it. Why deny my children that option?
motss and strip clubs and surrendering to terror.
I think I turned out better for it. Why deny my
children that option?
\_ Yes, I don't want my kids to be exposed to heathen
ideologies like Judaism, Mormonism, Catholicism and
even worse, Secular Liberal Humanism. So we all moved
to a compound in rural Texas with a bunch of like minded
people. How are you handling this parenthood challenge?
\_ I do, because I am a white guy who prefers brown skinned girls.
\_ I prefer lots of pretty blondes, hence I love LA -dim #1 fan
\- on a serious note, in re OP's last "point" about social services
[i put that in quotes since i think you are mostly rambling rather
\- on a serious note, in re your last "point" about social services
[i put that in quotes since i think you are just rambling rather
than trolling ...?] "studies show" diversiy *does* affect people's
inclination to support higher social safety nets. For example in
Europe there has long been a commitment to a higher levels of
state services but this is apparently weaking among white europeans
who might think "i'm ok wit heavy child care benefits for a sweedish
woman who takes time off to have two kids but not for some muslim
immigrant family with 7 kids" etc. not the best, but the most
convenient cite: http://csua.org/u/kqe |
| csua.org/u/kqe -> www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2006/10/diversity_or_the_welfare_state.cfm lavishing praise on the Scandinavian economic model of high taxation and welfare spending, combined with relatively light regulation, particularly in the labour markets. Unlike other European countries wedded to a strong social safety net, the Nordic countries have managed respectable levels of growth and unemployment even while handing out lavish benefits. Tyler Cowen announces that Mr Sachs has a new paper on the subject, and offers some thoughts: 1 Many ideas and innovations are international public goods. This will make the Nordic model more sustainable over time. Swedish society doesn't have to be that innovative, although of course sometimes it is. I wouldn't try the Swedish model in France, much less in the United States. Furthermore given the extensive subsidies to child care, which encourage female labor force participation, the high marginal tax rates do not discourage labor supply as we might at first think. Higher levels of cooperativeness, and lower levels of corruption, mean that people will choose more government. The government they get will work better than government works elsewhere. The point is not that all choices are efficient, but rather there is a selection bias in the data we observe on government size and performance. Nordic welfare states are large, in part, because they work relatively well. Which reminds us of something we have been wondering for a while: are generous welfare states and high levels of immigration fundamentally incommensurable? There is a decent bit of research indicating that they may be. made a splash in the papers for saying that diversity has a devastating effect on trust within a community: "The effect of diversity is worse than had been imagined. And it's not just that we don't trust people who are not like us. In diverse communities, we don't trust people who do look like us." very first post, given that even the very poor in lean, mean America are better off than those who want to emigrate there, it is hard to make a moral argument for keeping them out in order to bolster public benefits for natives. Trade(11) We Recommend Comment of the week "It's astonishing how many hearts bleed for Venezuela---especially for the alleged ill-effects of Chavez' policies on the poor. I suspect these are crocodile tears and the intent is actually entirely ideological. If Chavez' policies fail, at least the Venezuelans can get rid of him in the next elections. Spare a thought for Saudi Arabia instead, where conditions are far more repressive, where the poor have no voice and where they can't get rid of the king. Or save your tears for Nigeria, where the oil bonanza has had hardly any impact on reducing poverty." |