Vielfalt ist nichts Gutes. Vielfalt ist nicht neutral. Vielfalt zerstört den sozialen Zusammenhalt einer Gemeinschaft.
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In the age of the first outburst and the subsequent Age of Conquests, the race is normally ethnically more or less homogeneous. This state of affairs facilitates a feeling of solidarity and comradeship.
the cosmopolitan crowd at the seat of empire exercises a political influence greatly in excess of its relative numbers.
John Glubb: The Fate of Empires, 1976
The [Nordic] countries also have homogen[e]ous populations with nongovernmental social institutions that are uniquely adapted to the modern world. High levels of trust, a strong work ethic, civic participation, social cohesion, individual responsibility, and family values are long-standing features of Nordic society that predate the welfare state.
Researchers Andreas Bergh and Christian Bjørnskov [...] “Trust is high in universal welfare states, not because welfare state universality creates trust, but because trusting populations are more likely to create and sustain large, universal welfare states.”
It certainly wasn’t socialism that made Denmark rich, but rather, capitalism coupled with a culture of high trust, social cohesion, and a spirit of cooperation.
Nima Sanandaji: Debunking Utopia, 2016
Social capital, by which is meant the invisible glue of relationships that holds business, economy and political life together, is at the core of any country’s development. At its most elemental level, this boils down to a matter of trust.
Ethnically diverse societies are likely to be characterized by distrust between disparate groups, making collective action for public service provision difficult.
Dambisa Moyo: Dead Aid, 2009
Increase similarity, not diversity. To make a human hive, you want to make everyone feel like a family.
Nevertheless, if you are trying to change an organization or a society and you do not consider the effect of your changes on moral capital, you’re asking for trouble. This, I believe, is the fundamental blind spot of the left.
Jonathan Haidt: The righteous mind, 2013