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westslope

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Location: BC sage brush steppe


Posted: Apr 29, 2019 - 7:09pm



 Lazy8 wrote:
westslope wrote:
Serious now?    That is not the reality I observe.   How about your ethnic cleansing past and present?

You're not paying attention.

Europeans (well, their descendants, anyway) wiped out the native population. Ever since more and more of the world has come here to make a home. We have some of the most cosmopolitan places on the planet.

My little town on the prairie has two Korean restaurants. Deer Lodge, MT (population ~2K) has a kick-ass Thai restaurant.

The world eats American food, at least when it's in a hurry. Of the top 20 franchised restaurants in the world 17 (and the top 14) are American. But where does their food come from?

5 of the top 20 serve pizza. #3 on the list (Starbucks) serves Italian-style coffee. Top of the list (Subway) serves a sandwich originally known as an "Italian" sandwich. 4 serve hamburgers, named for the town in Germany where they were invented. All of these were considered exotic imports when they first arrived; now they are identified all over the world as American. As are the people who brought them here.

Yeah, we still have bigots here. But you know what they eat during halftime at the Superbowl, between complaints about Mexicans invading and stealing their jobs? Guacamole and tortilla chips. Nachos.

Food isn't a perfect analog for assimilation but it's a pretty damned good one.
 
How about language, shared cultural experiences, social capital, crime, violence?   All these criteria are far more meaningful that just food. Recall the initial assertion:

"2. True diversity of population and assimilation of culture perhaps the best in the world "



The population is diverse and the assimilation process is remarkable but it falls far short, witness the ethnic/racial group-dominated neighbourhoods.  

You are still screwin' American natives over.  Are they assimilating?  In some cases, yes.  In others, not as much.  BTW, does 'assimilation' imply 'happiness'?   

Check out the de Boldt decision on Washington state Pacific salmon runs.   Half went to the tribes, the other half went to the 'public', primarily  recreational fishermen.   That happened in 1974.  That was  a legal taking.  Theft.  And kinda stoopid from the perspective of the entitled settlers, immigrants and their descendants.   Stoopid in that the fisheries are all open access.

Are you assimilating Black Americans one-dead Black American male at a time?  Would you argue that the no-go zones in American cities for most whites and other outsiders signal successful 'assimilation'?   How did successful assimilation contribute to creating the most violent country among the rich, developed countries?

Besides, is assimilation really a desirable characteristic of nation-building?  A common language or languages is important.  Economic and political integration is very important.   'Assimilation'?  If you do indeed love cultural variety, would you not want your communities to retain as much of their unique character as possible?  

Why would a self-professed Libertarian want to impose his culture  on others?    


maryte

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Location: Blinding You With Library Science!
Gender: Female


Posted: Apr 29, 2019 - 2:23pm

National parks
Corn
Jazz
black321

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Location: An earth without maps
Gender: Male


Posted: Apr 29, 2019 - 2:02pm

Blues
Jazz
Rock and Roll
Lazy8

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Location: The Gallatin Valley of Montana
Gender: Male


Posted: Apr 29, 2019 - 1:00pm

westslope wrote:
Serious now?    That is not the reality I observe.   How about your ethnic cleansing past and present?

You're not paying attention.

Europeans (well, their descendants, anyway) wiped out the native population. Ever since more and more of the world has come here to make a home. We have some of the most cosmopolitan places on the planet.

My little town on the prairie has two Korean restaurants. Deer Lodge, MT (population ~2K) has a kick-ass Thai restaurant.

The world eats American food, at least when it's in a hurry. Of the top 20 franchised restaurants in the world 17 (and the top 14) are American. But where does their food come from?

5 of the top 20 serve pizza. #3 on the list (Starbucks) serves Italian-style coffee. Top of the list (Subway) serves a sandwich originally known as an "Italian" sandwich. 4 serve hamburgers, named for the town in Germany where they were invented. All of these were considered exotic imports when they first arrived; now they are identified all over the world as American. As are the people who brought them here.

Yeah, we still have bigots here. But you know what they eat during halftime at the Superbowl, between complaints about Mexicans invading and stealing their jobs? Guacamole and tortilla chips. Nachos.

Food isn't a perfect analog for assimilation but it's a pretty damned good one.
kurtster

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Posted: Apr 29, 2019 - 12:45pm

 westslope wrote:


 sirdroseph wrote:
.....

2. True diversity of population and assimilation of culture perhaps the best in the world

.......
 
Serious now?    That is not the reality I observe.   How about your ethnic cleansing past and present?  
 
Yer kidding, right ?
.
Minorities (as defined by the Census Bureau as all those beside non-Hispanic, non-multiracial whites) constituted 37.2% of the population in 2012 and over 50% of children under age one, and are projected to constitute the majority by 2044.

And while I am aware of what happened to the Native Americans, just who are we in the business of cleansing from where as an ethnicity presently ?


westslope

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Location: BC sage brush steppe


Posted: Apr 29, 2019 - 12:32pm



 sirdroseph wrote:
.....

2. True diversity of population and assimilation of culture perhaps the best in the world

.......




 
Serious now?    That is not the reality I observe.   How about your ethnic cleansing past and present?  

oldviolin

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Posted: Apr 29, 2019 - 11:07am



 RabbitEars wrote:
national parks
bob dylan
diversity and its impact on variety of readily available cuisine

 
Ditto Zimmy 

RabbitEars

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Location: original states


Posted: Apr 29, 2019 - 10:16am

national parks
bob dylan
diversity and its impact on variety of readily available cuisine

sirdroseph

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Posted: Apr 29, 2019 - 9:46am

 oldviolin wrote:
I think the thread title means things what you love 'about',  so in terms exclusive :

North Carolina

Old pickup trucks

Native Americans

 
Copy that, I am constantly window shopping them on FB marketplace.  They are everywhere and so sexy especially the 76-79 Ford F150s!{#Sunny}
oldviolin

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Posted: Apr 29, 2019 - 9:17am

I think the thread title means things what you love 'about',  so in terms exclusive :

North Carolina

Old pickup trucks

Native Americans


sirdroseph

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Gender: Male


Posted: Apr 29, 2019 - 8:55am

1. High standard of living

2. True diversity of population and assimilation of culture perhaps the best in the world

3. Freedom of speech

 Some of us feel blessed, some of us feel angry but we are all in the same boat.




Red_Dragon

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Location: Dumbf*ckistan


Posted: Apr 29, 2019 - 8:09am

all the folks with no health care

the state of our national government

the ease with which firearms can be obtained

'Merica!
sunybuny

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Location: The West & Best Coast of FLA
Gender: Female


Posted: Apr 29, 2019 - 5:43am



 islander wrote:

Almost all of the major brands have gum in them now (guar,xanthanum, wrigley's), it really messes up the feel. Haggen Dazs five is still 'pure' though. Beyers sold out about 4 years ago. 
 
Check out Graeter's if you can find it. Whole Foods, Fresh Market, Krogers.

sunybuny

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Location: The West & Best Coast of FLA
Gender: Female


Posted: Apr 29, 2019 - 5:41am

Iced Coffee
Amazing choice of food
..and this small story.

It is the evening of July 4th at the Reflecting Pond in D.C. We are at the top of the pond steps in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Hundreds of thousand of people speaking in hundreds of different languages.  The first blast of fireworks goes up in the air and a million people say the exact same thing - OHHHHHHHHHH!  I still get goosebumps remembering.

westslope

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Location: BC sage brush steppe


Posted: Apr 28, 2019 - 2:37pm

The women.

The women.

The women.
haresfur

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Location: The Golden Triangle
Gender: Male


Posted: Apr 27, 2019 - 4:15pm

Great fruit and veg (but I'd be happy to pay the farm workers more)
The National Parks
Right turn on red
oldviolin

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Posted: Apr 27, 2019 - 8:19am

Open mic events
B sides
Sheer fabrics


miamizsun

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Location: (3283.1 Miles SE of RP)
Gender: Male


Posted: Apr 27, 2019 - 7:47am

radically humble politicians

redneck time dilation

miniature chainsaws




miamizsun

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Location: (3283.1 Miles SE of RP)
Gender: Male


Posted: Apr 27, 2019 - 7:29am

 miamizsun wrote:
turbo rocket sleds

cream cheese

vise grips

 

cultural distopiation

personal "battery operated" force fields

the ron popeil museum


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