Is multiculturalism a bad thing for Europe?

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Well, America is a sort of a "nation state" however it is a relatively new breed. In the old world, to qualify as a nation, a people must have a common culture, language and heritage. They also need a national goal to set the path for the nation to follow. As for America, it has the first two characteristics, but common heritage is often not the case, so there is a fourth element in the equation, which self-interest of the individual. The common self interests of the individuals of different heritage that live in America is what makes it a "nation", if I may be so bold to express my opinion.

As for why multiculturalism came into being...Well, I don't think that colonial guilt has anything to do with it, but rather with an extreme contempt towards nationalism due to WWII. The fact is, the American concept of internationalist capitalism which was also-anti nationalist and quite individualistic in nature made these countries become more and more cosmopolitan in their internal policies, while they brought more and more people from their ex-colonies as workers, some people thought that forcing immigrants to conform with the native culture was the doing of the fascistic nationalists that had a grip on the government, and they saw the solution in breaking the national spirit by bringing the native culture and traditions on the level of the culture of the immigrants, making them "equal" on paper, and soon thereafter in practice aswell, just to curb the national identity of the natives in order to conform with their more internationalist, cosmopolitan and humanist visions of the world.
But frankly, they both alienated the immigrants and the natives, now these two generally clash in Europe, as it comes to light that the natives and immigrants are actually not on the same level, and they never can be. The natives have lived and ruled those lands for centuries, they have a claim on those lands based on heritage and years of rule, they share a bond with their country, whereas the immigrants do not share any other bond than what made them emigrate to those lands, namely, better life standards, material desire. They do not have any spiritual connection to the country they live in, and find it hard to conform to the system if they are not required to do so, and well, the current policies of Western European countries do everything in their power to make them as comfortable as possible.
However, since they have no connections in those lands than perhaps a single generation going back, most of them also lack any real family savings and inheritance, which makes them poor in comparison to the natives, and this in itself gives them the impression that social justice does not exist, which is why, especially the younger generations are more involved with crime. Most immigrants live in ethnic enclaves and ghettos, which makes them even less willing to integrate. This tells me much about why multiculturalism is the epitome of failure for nation states.
Nations should build their internal policies on the identity of the founding majority. If one were to take into account ever marginal group and minority, it would simply create more division. I guess people have forgotten that the majority is not dependent on the minority, in fact, its the way around, it is the minority which has to conform with the majority. But in todays world, such realities are often ignored in favor of baseless idealism.