Comments by "Arnold Hubbert" (@arnoldhubbert6779) on "Drew Binsky" channel.

  1. If he was a true refugee and only wanted safety, he wouldn't have had to come all the way to Iceland. He passed through many other safe countries. He's an economic "refugee." Many Icelanders naively think that they can have unlimited immigration and their way of life WON'T CHANGE. This is NOT TRUE. What makes Iceland Iceland is not the land, resources, or even it's laws. It's the People. If you change the people, Iceland will change, and likely not in a way that native Icelanders, of all different political and cultural beliefs, want.
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  2. If you want an example, regarding different ethnic groups, here's the latest from Finland: "In the Nordic countries, university admissions work solely on grades, which leaves no room to account for different student contexts. This creates inequality, as it incorrectly assumes everyone to have the same background and opportunities to receive excellent grades. In the interview, Vesa Puuronen agrees that “the Nordic university admissions system does not include any attempts to level inequalities”." So, not due to any fault of native Finns, but simply due to the fact that often different ethnic groups don't integrate well, now native born Finns, with the same or better grades, are going to be passed over in favor of non-native immigrants, or just someone of a different ethnicity. Can you imagine how this would make you feel and your identity as a Finn, when the government forces penalties on one in order to benefit another (done in the USA all the time). It pisses us off! It makes us less empathetic. It makes us distrust the government. Be less civic minded, etc. You create an environment where people become more individualistic and try to protect their own interests, even at the expense of the community. For all you people who think Iceland or Scandinavia is "magical," the "magic" is in an ethnically homogeneous community. (note: it IS possible to have all the good things you want in a society and be ethnically diverse, BUT it is only possible with a common and strong religion, which, is not a reality right now, pretty much anywhere).
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  3. Right now, if you were to ask an Icelandic minority if they would ever impose their values on native Icelanders they would say, "of course not." But, that's only because there aren't enough of them yet. Just wait.
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  4. IT HAS BECOME increasingly popular to speak of racial and ethnic diversity as a civic strength. From multicultural festivals to pronouncements from political leaders, the message is the same: our differences make us stronger. But a massive new study, based on detailed interviews of nearly 30,000 people across America, has concluded just the opposite. Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam -- famous for "Bowling Alone," his 2000 book on declining civic engagement -- has found that the greater the diversity in a community, the fewer people vote and the less they volunteer, the less they give to charity and work on community projects. In the most diverse communities, neighbors trust one another about half as much as they do in the most homogenous settings. The study, the largest ever on civic engagement in America, found that virtually all measures of civic health are lower in more diverse settings. "The extent of the effect is shocking," says Scott Page, a University of Michigan political scientist.
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