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I'd argue that it's the opposite. People will of course congregate with what they're familiar with, it's just human nature that has been ingrained for thousands of years because reasons. But anyone from Surrey can go to Richmond for whatever reason they want, and vice versa. The 'majority' of a location may be one culture, but there is plenty of others sprinkled in there, along with a lot of 'Canadian' being developed with a combination of all of them.
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Yes, i remember growing up and the cultures were sprinkled. I quite enjoyed that.
Unfortunately,once certain population thresholds are reached, the cultures divide.
multiculturalism is an impossibility to begin with. Governments, climates, currency, geology, history. None of the cultural aspects beyond language and ethnicity can be transferred to another country.
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What you're imagining is basically two neighbouring countries who are hostile to each other, or at the very least want nothing to do with the other, not letting the others come in to stay.
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What I'm imagining is that in reality, diversity is not a strength. No matter how many times that statement is repeated.
In China, how much money and energy is spent on maintaining obedience internally throughout the many diverse districts of the country?
I've heard figures nearly as high as it's entire military budget.
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The fact that you are using Japan, practically a dying country, as an example of something good because they are still so insular and isolated in many ways, is kind of interesting. You actually want Canada (and the rest of the world) to be that way? That's disturbing
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Oh I'm not delusional. Japan and Canada are polar opposites in that regard. There is no changing that. What I'm arguing (and this is just my opinion) is that Canada is a failed model, flying in the face of not only common sense, but nearly all studies and research performed on the topic.
It's not something that I'm really upset about. I won't be picketing the streets with signs of "git them dern immergrants atta muh country". It just kinda is what it is. What Canada was formed of.
And I'm sure Japan will continue to be "dying" as other more politically correct countries attempt to maintain their roles as not much more than gdp factories