I have had this idea in the back of my head for a long time, that somehow the loss of our common cultural identity in favor of cultural balkanization (blacks vs whites vs La Raza vs Native Americans vs ...) was not merely bad but ultimately fatal, but wasn't able to articulate it. Steve Schippert does a very nice job, here:
http://threatswatch.org/commentary/2008/07/my-country-tis-of-thee/
Hoping for an Energy-Intensive Future
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The critical point is that developing nations are seeking not marginal
improvements but rather fundamental, dramatic transformations in living
standards....
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