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“Diversity” Is Our Weakness

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Posted By: Hazymac, 5/2/2026 5:59:17 AM

The shibboleth that “diversity is our strength” is one of the worst canards of our time. There is a great deal of empirical data indicating that in general, cultural diversity is a weakness, not a strength. Culturally diverse societies (which can mean ethnically diverse, but doesn’t have to) are generally lower-trust societies, which inhibits economic growth. Western Europe is living proof of that proposition. But there is another way in which “diversity” in the DEI sense–i.e., the jerry-rigged quotas resulting from an obsession with race, sex, and sexual orientation–is bad. Maximum effectiveness, in terms of economic efficiency, combat readiness, or pretty much anything you want to measure,

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Strike3 5/2/2026 7:13:38 AM (No. 2099654)
Anytime that an organization had to hire a "Diversity Director" to insure that the racial and cultural balance was maintained above all else, you had a losing team. In business, government, academia or anywhere else, good communication is your best tool. Diversity breaks that tool.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: mifla 5/2/2026 7:22:26 AM (No. 2099659)
Diversity = Quotas. Performance is not an issue.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: jeffkinnh 5/2/2026 9:47:35 AM (No. 2099728)
The BEST way we can help the diverse members of our country is to provide the foundation for them to become the most meritorious choice in whatever they choose to do. That starts with a well structured and viable educational system. Unfortunately, the lack of merit selection process started in our school systems that are outside the fiduciary requirements that apply to our corporate businesses. Further, the selection and structuring for schools are in the hands of various levels of government, which seems to be the antithesis of meritorious. This is verified by the numerous government programs that fail and/or are over budget and even illegal. We end up with one level of incompetence (government) managing another level of incompetence (education). What could possibly go wrong? We end up with things like "Common Core" which claimed good goals, high standards in English and Math, but has produced NO improvements in school performance even after spending a fortune on various implementations and blowing a hurricane through the schools in an effort to implement it. In the end, there is NO ACCOUNTABILITY for it's dismal failure. The people who pushed it were focused on a "good" goal but completely unrealistic about the process and basic components they were working with. Not all teachers or students are going to excel in Math or English and treating the complete body of academia like they could was a guarantee of failure. Instead, they would have had to judge all involved on their inherent merit and capability and structure a system that could respond and enhance those capabilities. That would would need selectivity that is an anathema to liberal government and a lot of hard work, an anathema to a teaching system that is structured to provide raises based on length of service rather than accomplishment. The solution to this is private schools, selected by parents, significantly paid for by taxes, that focus on merit performance, and essentially outside the destructive management of government. Like the rest of our economy, people (parents) choose the best products they can afford (with material help from taxes) for their kids, with the goal to prepare the children to contribute to society effectively and build real skills that they can value.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Italiano 5/2/2026 10:06:23 AM (No. 2099739)
Too many have no desire to assimilate, and are actively working to dismantle our country, its history and our culture. The Omars and Mamdani's are just high-profile examples. Unfortunately, absent regrettable but necessary extreme measures, it is far too late to do anything about it now.
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