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It is NOT that diverse

It is but you will scream louder than me to prove your point even though you are wrong.

Specially from a cultural viewpoint we all (Europeans) have the same Christian values.

No we don't. Speaking of England alone we got rid of christianity in favour of Church of England. That alone disproves your point. There are also many countries in Europe who do not have Christian values.

And I've seen half of it. It is NOT that diverse.

Oh well then that is the end of the conversation. You have seen half of it. Exactly half or a little over or under. Still doesn't make you right.

No, we are NOT the same but the differences between a French and German are a lot less striking

Except history, culture, language, upbringing, food, family, war. Yeh apart from that they are all the same.

Once again you are using a narrow minded view that skin colour is the only measure of diversity, it isn't.

Plus: in case you weren't paying attention (which obviously you didn't)

Love the little condescending ending there. Shows you true intellect when you need to resort to this type of repsonse.

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You're kidding, right? Sweden 90% white. Wouldn't you call 90% a majority??
Norway: 95% white! Isn't that a majority???
Germany: 90% white! Isn't that a majority???

I never said otherwise. I think you misread what I wrote. Both Norway and Germany are currently at the lowest in terms of white majority so far, and also at the top of their game. This should not be the case if diversity is in any way, shape or form a danger. The danger comes squarely from xenophobes.

If you mean East Europe: sure, but they (we, I'm from East Europe) have gone through 2 World Wars and 50 years of socialism. And the trend, after ditching socialism, is to get better and better, not worse and worse like USA.

Yes, I was referring to Eastern Europe. You've had 30 years since the fall of the Iron Curtain - soon you won't be able to blame socialism anymore. And no, things have not gotten worse and worse in the US - just the opposite. Like I said, there was a crime spike in the '90s, and the economy was ass, but both have gotten better and better since. But overall, the US has been an astounding success story growing ever stronger since the frontier days. Diversity has never held America back, not remotely.

I just gave you a link from the house decrying the crumbling infrastructure. Did you read it????

Your post didn't contain any links. But so what if the House is decrying crumbling infrastructure? A politician isn't going to say "this is pretty good, but we can do better". Instead, he is invariably going to be a drama queen in order to get what he wants. He wants to improve schools? "Our schools are falling apart!" He wants more military spending? "Our ships are rusting away, our weapons are obsolete!" A politician isn't lying any less just because he says what you want to hear.

Quoting websites that provide that information. It's an example of a lack of infrastructure. Why is it that hard for you liberals to understand the point??

You can't just paste a quote out of the blue and expect people to automatically know where it's from. You didn't post any links, nor did you say where it was from. You quoted it the same way you quoted me.
And no, posting an example of infrastructure is not the same as presenting a point about bad infrastructure. What's so bad about that San Diego-Seattle rail? Three trains daily, in addition to buses and airplanes - is it inadequate? Are goods pooling up on one side and causing a humanitarian crisis on the other?

Yes, you don't need a TGV in Norway (a peninsula with not such big distances and sparse population) while in countries with large contiguous territories (USA, China, EU, etc) they have become mandatory.

Certainly. Like I said, topography decides. But as for distances, while distances in Norway may not be that great as the crow flies, they can still be pretty great in hours and minutes, because there aren't many straight stretches of road.

Btw, you WILL have a TGV line EVEN in Norway (there are plans):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_Norway

Between Oslo and Bergen, big whoop. They've been talking about this for decades, by the way. Personally I feel there are more worthile things to spend the money on.

good, so you understand at least one aspect in which diversity can lead to bad outcomes? ANd yes, racial tensions in USA are at the highest in the last few decades - diversity, right.

Again, blaming diversity is completely misguided. The problem isn't diversity itself, but racists. Yes, outsiders are always going to be mistrusted, but remember: you were the one who wanted to focus on racial diversity, rather than ethnic diversity. And if you think a person is an outsider simply because of his race, then you're a racist - which means you're the problem. And answer this truthfully: which is more reasonable, for people to pick up sticks and go so that the locals won't be offended, or for the locals to learn a little tolerance?

Look at the last 2 years of riots, destruction, looting in some of the US cities. I don't know if ANY sane person would call that "positive".

This has nothing to do with the mere existence of diversity. This has to do with the fact that a significant minority has been marginalised for decades. And the previous POTUS only fanned the flames with his overt flirtation with the alt-right. Besides, race riots is hardly a new thing. What's new is that it's nation wide, but you can thank mobile phones and social media for that.

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