What are your best arguments against multiculturalism?

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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

The elites love democracy.

Every type of government can be corrupted. The only advantage democracy has, is that it makes corruption easier to hide.

No one can actually know what the majority wants. A monarch has a brain and a voice. A constitution can be read. I'm not sure why democracy has become so popular.

Monarchy may seem better, but people actually capable of being a king are very rare. Most kings are either useful idiots, or early corpses.

Theocracy would be the best, if there was a way to persuade the people to punish traitors. The US founders have tried.

People only care when they live in smaller communities. But small communities make an easy target, and love tribal wars.

[–]Nombre27 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm not sure why democracy has become so popular.

It's the cheapest form of government that allows "elites" to control society. If they're the king, then that's a visible role and the public will know who to blame.

With democracy you can just keep fucking people over while swapping out new pawns. It's a government that allows perpetual misery. Hence why the MSM hates the concept of a strongman or dictator. When no legal means of correcting these sociopolitical failures exist, then inevitably the final political solution (force) is the only one remaining. Hence why "bread and circuses" (aka soma, modern equivalent is grilling and sportsball) are so important to keep the populace content.

[–]Jacinda 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

After reading this thread I went down an Internet rabbit hole. Through pure synchronicity I came across the following paragraph in an article on mountaineering of all things.

Planet Mountain:

[Democracy] requires an educated and informed electorate which is not only absent in all Third World counties but the United States as well. The United States was conceived as a republic, but public opinion mostly believes we are a democracy. "Democracy is an ideal, it is not a product of evolution and therefore has certain dangers, which are: 1. Glorification of mediocrity. 2. Choice of base and ignorant rulers. 3. Failure to recognize the basic facts of social evolution. 4. Danger of universal suffrage in the hands of uneducated and indolent majorities. 5. Slavery to public opinion; the majority is not always right." The citizens of a nation are a product of that culture and the moral values of that society. No civilization has endured which abandoned its moral values except for the adoption of better and more fit customs. [Cont...]

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

This idea of right and wrong has its origins in and comes to us from religion.

Where does religion come from? All creatures want to attain the good and escape the bad. A simple creature can only work with what it sees. A perceptive creature sees not only things, but the method to attain them. A path to what is good, a path to what is bad. A wise creature is able to see not only the path, but even the principles behind it. The principles behind these paths, are the root of religion.

The problem with religions, is that they aren't truly teachable. A brain needs a source of pain or pleasure to rewire itself. Empty words can't replace it. Unless a creature can taste the thing, it won't learn to love the path to it.

Even the simplest creatures know the good and the bad. Religions are a natural result of evolution.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

When a society wants to infringe on someone's natural rights, it is always possible to refuse. Natural rights are more real than the society will ever be. You can't just annihilate someone with a vote.

Equality is the recognition of our inevitable mortality and ignorance. Just because some people may seem better to us, doesn't mean they are universally the best. Someone who has won once, won't win in every situation.

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    [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    Maybe "erase" would be a better word. When the state wants to take someone's life, voice or property, it is always possible to hide, run or fight. And no, soldiers aren't mindless immortal superhumans some imagine them to be. We are just rarely told about successful resistance. You can vote to declare certain people the enemy, but you can't erase them from existence with a vote.