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Europe against multiculturalism, agaisnt their core values of democracy
Europe against multiculturalism, agaisnt their core values of democracy
15/12/16
Multiculturalism is the existence
of multiple cultural traditions within a single country, usually considered in
terms of the culture associated with an aboriginal ethnic group and foreigner ethnic groups.
This can happen when a jurisdiction is created or expanded by amalgamating
areas with two or more different cultures (e.g. French Canada and English
Canada) or through immigration from different jurisdictions around
the world (e.g. United States, Australia, Canada, Brazil, United
Kingdom, New Zealand,
and many other countries).
Multicultural
ideologies and policies vary widely, ranging
from the advocacy of equal respect to the various cultures in a society, to a
policy of promoting the maintenance of cultural diversity, to policies in which people
of various ethnic andreligious groups are addressed by the
authorities as defined by the group to which they belong.
Multiculturalism
that promotes maintaining the distinctiveness of multiple cultures is often
contrasted to other settlement policies such as social integration, cultural assimilation and racial segregation. Multiculturalism has been
described as a "salad bowl" and "cultural
mosaic".
Criticism of multiculturalism questions the
ideal of the maintenance of distinct ethnic cultures within a country. Multiculturalism is a particular subject of debate in
certain European nations that are associated with the idea of a single nation
within their country.[1][2][3] Critics of multiculturalism may argue
against cultural integration of different ethnic and cultural
groups to the existing laws and values of the country. Alternatively critics
may argue for assimilation of different ethnic and cultural
groups to a single national
identity.
Another kind of
criticism regarding multiculturalism involves a more thorough understanding of
the 'host' nation's colonial history.
Two former
French prime ministers, Alain Juppé and François Fillon, clashed over
multiculturalism and foreign policy in a TV debate three days ahead of the
country’s conservative presidential primary run-off. The stakes were high as
the two members of the main opposition Les
Républicains party faced off in a final debate, with the winner
of Sunday’s vote likely to become France’s next president, according to opinion
polls. While the two candidates largely agreed on cutting civil servant jobs
and lowering taxes on French businesses, they presented contrasting visions of
French society.
“When we go to
somebody’s house, we don’t try to take power,” Fillon said,
adding that he rejected the idea that France was or should become a
multicultural society and that immigrants should “respect our cultural
heritage”.
Fillon won the first round of the primary election on November 20, garnering 44 percent of votes
cast. Juppé, touted as the frontrunner throughout the campaign, finished a
distant second with 29 percent support, nevertheless qualifying for the run-off.
Now,
thanks to elections in France and Austria, an answer is emerging; Europeans
appear not ready to "go gentle into that good night" but will
"rage, rage against the dying of the light."
True, the
elites, as symbolized by Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, remain in deep
denial about the issues of immigration, Islamism, and identity. What I call the
"Six Ps" (politicians, press, police, prosecutors, professors, and
priests) refuse to acknowledge the fundamental societal changes and enormous
tensions their policies are creating.
Together,
then, the French and Austrian elections suggest Europeans have two alternate
paths to reject multi-culturalism, Islamism, and unceasing immigration — either
by transforming legacy parties or supporting insurgent parties.
Whether
they will do so in turn depends mainly on two key developments: the willingness
of legacy center-right parties to adopt insurgent party ideas; and the
frequency and death toll of jihadi attacks. No one knows it for sure but this
trend has proved that the West has seemed to abandon their long-claiming values
of democracy and human rights in rejecting multiculturalism./.
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All comments [ 7 ]
The novelty and magnitude of Europe's predicament make it difficult to understand, tempting to overlook, and nearly impossible to predict. Europe marches us all into terra incognita.
Fillion's victory would augur major changes for France: a historic slashing of its generous welfare state, a crackdown on immigration, restrictions on gay couples’ rights as parents, and tension between France and its NATO allies as the nation cozies up to Putin’s Russia on issues like Ukraine and Syria.
Don't you so naive to believe in the Western hypocrite values!
The timing of these events is not fortuitous but follows on two developments: repeated major acts of jihadi violence in France and Merkel's 2015 decision to allow in uncounted numbers of unvetted migrants.
When asked if diversity makes their country a “better place to live”, only a minority of Europeans now agreed.
Thirty years ago, many Europeans saw multiculturalism—the embrace of an inclusive, diverse society—as an answer to Europe’s social problems. Today, a growing number consider it to be a cause of them.
Even in countries with more positive views, such as Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands, at least half believe Muslims do not want to integrate into the larger society and majorities express concerns that refugees increase the chance of domestic terrorist attacks.
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