(January 30, 2022 at 3:22 pm)Plague Happy Wrote: I'm saying that all countries should be ethnocentric. The problem is, everyone wants western countries to welcome the whole world, but no one is suggesting the same for any other countries (not that they should). The best civilizations have been created by the west, which is why so many want to go there (when was the last time you heard of a german wanting to live in Somalia?). They pretend that they're there to somehow enrich the west or improve it, presumably out of the kindness of their hearts, but in reality they simply want the advantages that the west has. At the same time, the culture of those western countries gets diluted and turned into a multicultural mess that makes no sense. People (most importantly, the native population) lose a sense of belonging and community. They become strangers in their own country. Piling up loads of different cultures and ethnicities on top of each other is a terrible idea.
The reason why the west should welcome the whole world is the west is only 10% of the world, and an ethnocentric west will sooner or later be totally marginalized by portions of the remaining 90% that is far larger than the west.
Cultures go up and down, the last 200 years has seen portions of the west enjoy advantage. Take a longer view and you can see it most certainly won’t last. In fact is the west was distinctly, unpleasant, unadmired, comparatively impoverished and backward place compared to parts of rest of the world for most of human history.
West being marginal is the rule, the west being central is the exception.
Be mindful of what you want the world to look like when someone else’s culture inevitably surpass those of the west in power and wealth.
