an interesting statement.. discuss

[milo hobgoblin]

"Political economy explains some of the benefits from having a homogeneous population within a given state. If diversity is great - measured say by the inequality in potential earnings - then there is a strong incentive for people to spend their energies in efforts to redistribute income rather than to produce goods. In particular, a greater dispersion of constituent characteristics leads to the creation of interest groups that spend their time lobbying the central government to redistribute resources in their favor."

 

[MrMuscle]

holy crap my brain just imploded

 

[Code]

BORING!!!!!

 

[milo hobgoblin]

...

"Although it may be an unpleasant commentary on human nature, a central driving force in defining a state is the desire to have a reasonably homogeneous population within its borders. It is clear from observing the places where secessionist movements tend to occur, such as Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union or Spain and Canada, that ethnic identity is a central driving force. There are cases in which governments have dealt more or less successfully with sharp ethnic diversities, such as Switzerland and even the U.S., but problems are easier to pinpoint than triumphs."

yggdrasil

 

[Code]

EVEN MORE BORING!

 

[MrMuscle]

There it goes again.

 

[MrMuscle]

I got one, are you ready?

Boobs

 

[Code]

How about coming up with your own interesting statements?

 

[milo hobgoblin]

...

I would, but these are hard to beat. And considering all the other crap everyone wrote on the holocaust thread I thought Id stir the pot a little...

Im a big fat troll....

 

[Lao Tzu]

"Political economy explains some of the benefits from having a homogeneous population within a given state. If diversity is great - measured say by the inequality in potential earnings - then there is a strong incentive for people to spend their energies in efforts to redistribute income rather than to produce goods. In particular, a greater dispersion of constituent characteristics leads to the creation of interest groups that spend their time lobbying the central government to redistribute resources in their favor."

translation: if people have too much variety in a society, as with economics for example, people tend to spend too much time trying to redistribue and homoginize society instead of be productive. This also leads to lobbying groups who end up trying to pull government and tax money into their own direction.

 

[Lao Tzu]

Re: ...

"Although it may be an unpleasant commentary on human nature, a central driving force in defining a state is the desire to have a reasonably homogeneous population within its borders. It is clear from observing the places where secessionist movements tend to occur, such as Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union or Spain and Canada, that ethnic identity is a central driving force. There are cases in which governments have dealt more or less successfully with sharp ethnic diversities, such as Switzerland and even the U.S., but problems are easier to pinpoint than triumphs."

yggdrasil

translation: race wars are universal because people identify with their ethnic group.

 

[milo hobgoblin]

Bingo

I love you guys.

Racism is inherent in EVERY population on this planet and has been proven time and time again.

People who say they arent racist are either lying or arent human.

 

[Lumberg]

The United States is both the most diverse and the most successful country (politically, militarily, economically) in the world.

Explain THAT, yggdrasil.

 

[anabolicmd]

The United States is both the most diverse and the most successful country (politically, militarily, economically) in the world.

Explain THAT, yggdrasil.

Ummm, the US didnt get to be that way as a diverse country. Weve only really been diverse and integrated for the last thirty years.

 

[casavant]

Makes sense to me.

 

[Lumberg]

Change your handle to Lemmingberg.

Change your handle to Choady Choadley Choad. Choad.

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

Ummm, the US didnt get to be that way as a diverse country. Weve only really been diverse and integrated for the last thirty years.

LOL you dumb fuck.

Immigration was unchecked until 1875. Europeans of all kinds were coming here in furious numbers. In the mid to late 1800s, Chinese started coing in such huge numbers that Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act to limit the number of CHinese that could immigrate.

European immigration continued unabated for most of the rest of teh 19th century and into the 20th.

Uneasy poitical climates throughout Europe at the time meant many people who could leave, did.

On top of that, blacks were being brought here since the 1600s and were free after 1863.

The US has been very diverse for a long time.

Are you platinum? If not, give some thought to getting the fuck out of here.

 

[anabolicmd]

LOL you dumb fuck.

Immigration was unchecked until 1875. Europeans of all kinds were coming here in furious numbers. In the mid to late 1800s, Chinese started coing in such huge numbers that Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act to limit the number of CHinese that could immigrate.

European immigration continued unabated for most of the rest of teh 19th century and into the 20th.

Uneasy poitical climates throughout Europe at the time meant many people who could leave, did.

On top of that, blacks were being brought here since the 1600s and were free after 1863.

The US has been very diverse for a long time.

Are you platinum? If not, give some thought to getting the fuck out of here.

Well you have to be the bottom of the barrell mod around here. Not only are your arguments empty and pointless, but your people skills are right down there with mrjuice, and hes a parody. Really, arguing with the likes of you only brings down the level of the entire discussion so ill end it here.

 

[MarthaStewart]

Looks like someone is reading some writings of that Harvard prof that caused a controversy awhile back.

I don't recall what came of it exactly, but I think it was less that he really felt that way, and more that he was trying to get people to think and get angry about their thoughts.

Don't recall his name and I'm too lazy to look it up.

Also, I always found his writings to be poorly phrased - this coming from someone like myself that can barely type.

 

[I.B. Orpheus]

"Political economy explains some of the benefits from having a homogeneous population within a given state. If diversity is great - measured say by the inequality in potential earnings - then there is a strong incentive for people to spend their energies in efforts to redistribute income rather than to produce goods. In particular, a greater dispersion of constituent characteristics leads to the creation of interest groups that spend their time lobbying the central government to redistribute resources in their favor."

I think this statement is bullshit.
my opinion is: People will allways find a way/reason/excuse to form "groups" or "classes" no matter how similar a community is in race/creed/wealth, people have need to feel they are different, there is no "one size fits all". if God decided to make us all one ethnic group with one religion and distributed all the wealth equaly, I would bet that in less than 30yrs (one generation). that single religion would have developed into dozes of diferent sects, 90% of the the wealth would once again be controlled by 5% of the population, and we would be all be wearing "colors" representing our hood....... you nah mean mah nigga?