40% of Americans would accept an authoritarian state, if their ethnic and other prejudices were catered to. It would be more interesting if the article had approached this, too.
being with people like you who share the same culture is the natural inclination. its the opposite that needs to nurtured and "catered to".
Nothing wrong with wanting to live with other Somalians, other Japanese, or Northern Europeans, as long as the different communities collaborate and get along.
>40% of Americans
probably more like 80%. people just want peace, the current climate is chaos.
Even if we were to simulate a preternatural perfectly uniform society of clones, wouldn't they need to have different ages, genders and vocations and wouldn't they as a consequence of living their lives arrive in a variety of economic and health circumstances? Wouldn't even this artificial society therefore find a benefit in having the capacity to value and include each other despite their differences?
Within these categories, there’s a range of tolerance levels from “I love my neighbors and would sacrifice my well being for theirs” to “I’m OK with my neighbors but don’t feel any sense of group attachment,” all the way down to mass riots and civil war.
In any case: horrible.