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[quote=Anonymous]OP here - two recent articles reminded me of this thread I started three years ago -

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/10/immigration-modern-liberalism/543744/

“The doom loop of modern liberalism. Diversity and equality seem tragically incompatible in the world today. Here’s why.”

“But as the foreign-born share of the population rises, xenophobia often festers and threatens egalitarian policymaking”

“This is where the story finally connects with welfare and the future of liberalism. Rich countries tend to redistribute wealth from the rich few to the less-rich multitude. But when that multitude suddenly includes minorities who are seen as outsiders, the white majority can turn resentful and take back their egalitarian promises.“

“But an unavoidable lesson of the last few years, from both inside and outside the U.S., is that cultural heterogeneity and egalitarianism often cut against each other. Pluralist social democracy is stuck in a finger trap of math and bigotry, where to pull on one end (support for diversity) seems to naturally strain the other (support for equality).”

“The liberal cause requires  Americans learning to break the catch-22 of diversity and equality. If multicultural egalitarianism is the future of liberal politics, the road to the future will be bumpy.”

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