The Undiscussed Dimension of Putnam’s Indictment of Diversity
The most undiscussed, but most important, dimension of Robert Putnam’s delayed release indictment of “diversity” ( what I prefer to call “heterosity” ) is covered up by the following line:
People were even more wary of members of their own ethnic groups, as well as people from different backgrounds.
Again, I’m not holding my breath for research into how different ethnicities are variously impacted by such ethnic autoimmune reactions. Suffice to say I believe it will be found—in that land of our aspirations where freedom of association allows us to support or falsify theory with varying separate societies (real diversity; not heterosity)—that people descended primarily from ancestral environments low in food calorie availability are more vulnerable to turning on their own when mixed with those descended from other environments. Basically, it is a form of disease experience with biologically pathogenic memes as well as DNA-based replicators.
Posted by Guessedworker on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 17:13 | #
Steve Edwards has posted a libertarian’s view on the Putnam issue here. Worth a read.