tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post2545281149913918264..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: It's the culturegcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-4800330514834794332017-06-17T07:27:37.903-04:002017-06-17T07:27:37.903-04:00If it takes 600 years for A to cause B I have to w...If it takes 600 years for A to cause B I have to wonder if A was really the cause. <br /><br />I would note that other countries that didn't have lots of immigration in the 19th century also developed welfare states. Arguably America's ethnic diversity impeded the growth of the welfare state here on net. Josiah Neeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04991797256901556143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-63240268210030926492017-06-15T13:08:53.792-04:002017-06-15T13:08:53.792-04:00One aspect of it was!
Rome had lots of immigratio...One aspect of it was!<br /><br />Rome had lots of immigration over 5 or 6 centuries before the destruction was far along. These things don't happen in a year!gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-21078941326542753832017-06-15T11:05:44.066-04:002017-06-15T11:05:44.066-04:00I'm not sure. Was American culture destroyed b...I'm not sure. Was American culture destroyed by the New Deal? Josiah Neeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04991797256901556143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-86118231357125954522017-06-15T09:23:32.723-04:002017-06-15T09:23:32.723-04:00Do you really think the New Deal would have passed...Do you really think the New Deal would have passed if all those statist Irish and Italians hadn't arrived?gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-82908241912502913742017-06-13T14:53:48.401-04:002017-06-13T14:53:48.401-04:00Aside from Gene's comment, you miss "when...Aside from Gene's comment, you miss "when they became"? The country was much more homogeneous in its ruling class and amongst those with a say. Not quite so large a counter example as you might think.Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976919713907046171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-37179288454846582582017-06-13T07:04:48.399-04:002017-06-13T07:04:48.399-04:00America had lots of immigration throughout the 19t...America had lots of immigration throughout the 19th century, and yet the culture remained distinctively American. Josiah Neeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04991797256901556143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-7910603247093986812017-06-12T20:43:30.088-04:002017-06-12T20:43:30.088-04:00Because our culture is holding together so well in...Because our culture is holding together so well in the Trump era?!gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-7205999004781609202017-06-12T16:06:12.924-04:002017-06-12T16:06:12.924-04:00I'm inclined to agree. However, the United Sta...I'm inclined to agree. However, the United States does seem to be a fairly large counter-example. Josiah Neeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04991797256901556143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-36422369964717428842017-06-10T10:37:37.674-04:002017-06-10T10:37:37.674-04:00I have a friend who considers himself a "mode...I have a friend who considers himself a "moderate" conservative but who insists on mass unrestricted open immigration. The one thing that is not is moderate.Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207803092348071005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-7363010857656061182017-06-10T03:25:12.687-04:002017-06-10T03:25:12.687-04:00Also relevant that all the multicultural empires w...Also relevant that all the multicultural empires were authoritarian empires. The Mongol Empire, the Roman Empire, the Ummayad Caliphate, and so on.<br /><br />Somehow, when we see successful liberal democracies, they were all tiny homogeneous countries when they became liberal democracies - Japan, Netherlands, Austria, Scandinavia,.etc.Prateekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15287835907015065883noreply@blogger.com