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Openness to helping others?  The question was whether progressive policies succeed in a heterogeneous environment.  Once those policies are enacted, "openness to helping others" is moot.  Those policies are law and are no longer dependent on the whims of an individual.

If you want to argue that private actions of individuals tend to be bigoted towards people who are similar, fine.  But such behavior has nothing to do with government policy[/quote].

And people are more inclined to HELP others who are like them.

So if the culture is the same, and Progressivism aims to improve the human condition, it's easier to do when you share the same norms.

Behavior has everything to do with it.  Humans are greedy at the core.  So we seek out others who are like us and who share our views.  [/quote]

I don't see it.  If I enact a progressive policy to do job training, tuition subsidies, feeding the homeless, those funds are there and people who are paid to run those programs will do it, whether their clients are from the same background or not.[/quote]

Yes, as we were motivated by money (again - greed)

But we don't do it with the same vim and vigor for every person.  If we - as a culture - shared the same beliefs, we'd put more of ourselves into it.

Look at the US.  You have people in service professions who won't work as hard for Person X b/c there's the belief that Person X is from a culture that doesn't value hard work.  So output is minimal as opposed to optimal.

I had friends in one embassy (my culture) who worked FOR me to get me a job at one point.  They certainly weren't reaching out to another person who didn't share our culture.

Likes attract likes, and most will work harder for others with whom they share common bonds.

Isn't that what networking is?  It happens in churches, synogogues, mosques, you name it.[/quote]

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