Comments by "Alexander Philip" (@alexanderphilip1809) on "David Hoffman" channel.

With all due respect that's absolute b.s. Diversity is not a strength and never has been one not in the United States and certainly not elsewhere. The "Diversity" you speak of was tempered by skin colour classification that gave the majority something to implicitly unify the nation under, This was due to the fact that in old countries ethnic and linguistic lines could be relied upon for national unity. But when you have a nascent country thats made up of immigrants you need someway to knit them together, despite this it's still wasn't easy Irish and Italians were treated poorly at various point in their immigrant history. The reason why immigration has any credibility is because of the type of immigrants who immigrated to the US most of whom were from Europe, At that point in time the only industrialized location on the planet and thus a source for skilled, semiskilled labor. what do those Europeans of varying ethnic and linguistic backgrounds all have in common ? Their skin colour, something that Africans or East Asians or South Asians didn't share. This applies for every successful settler society. Reduced diversity is the strength of a state and society. Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore(yes multiracial Singapore has a 60% + Han Chinese majority), China(PRC), Vietnam. You wanna know the countries that are really diverse ? Indonesia, India, Philippines How do you think these countries fare compared to the ones above. I am not trying to implying something racist about skin color or anything, This principle of reduced diversity as a strength is true even in Africa and western Asia. Morocco, Botswana, Turkey are examples of it. While Nigeria, Kenya and Congo are examples for the diversity argument. Take this to South America and you'll see a similar trend.
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Had a couple of em
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@tadonplane8265 you are arguing for a generation raised in relative prosperity but still rebelled for more(civil rights being an exception). Especially given that the parents wherr raised through depression, scarcity and war.
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Also in these visuals I am going to assume that those Immigrants were of European specifically northern European ancestry.
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@blur3316 it's a numbers game. Probability for a stable environment is higher. Look at India(Where I am from). Millions live in poverty doesn't mean kids are funnelled into a life of crime because their adverse conditions, despite the very hostile economic conditions. A stable family environment can offset a lot of the worst effects poverty can have on families and children.
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To all the Americans in agreement with this guy. Two words "social stability" something the united States has been losing since the "cultural revolution" There is a reason why Countries like Singapore don't have drug addicts lining the streets or political dissidents fire bombing govt. Buildings. When everybody has the social freedom to do what they please, they do what they please. American drug use is one those things especially it's normalization by the cultural elites and libertarians has come at the cost of health of the individual and the society. Gun Violence is another factor setting aside the obvious mass production of firearms making them cheaper that accelerated in the latter half of the 20th century, it's the absence of community and culture of responsibility that has been shrinking with the leftward tilt of the sociocultural zeitgeist that has cost America so damn much. Freedom without responsibility is no different from anarchy. How many people would deny that there isn't anarchy in he united States ?
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so an enivornment that facilitated arrogant cynicism fosteted wittingly or unwittingly through popular mediums from a young age. Explains a lot.
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He was a scientific skeptic not a science skeptic.
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@Doodlecream emphasis on the 'kid'.
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