Comment on White America by carp30mnia

carp30mnia · 3/17/2025, 9:38:28 PM · permalink

Instead of 'white America', let's investigate a 'homogenous America' (which could be any race) and potential benefits. Here's some interesting studies I found:  
  
"**E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and Community in the Twenty-first Century" by Robert D. Putnam (2007)**

• Found ethnic diversity lowers trust in neighbors (e.g., trust halved in most diverse areas).

• Less volunteering, fewer friendships, and reduced civic engagement in diverse communities.

• Suggests homogeneity supports social cohesion short-term.

**"Ethnic Homogeneity and Social Capital" by Alberto Alesina and Eliana La Ferrara (2000)**

• Homogenous communities show up to 20% higher civic group participation.

• Links racial uniformity to increased trust and cooperation.

• Argues shared backgrounds reduce social conflict.

**"The Effects of Ethnic Diversity on Social Cohesion: Evidence from Microdata" by Peter Thisted Dinesen and Kim Mannemar Sønderskov (2015)**
 • 10% rise in homogeneity boosts trust by 5-7%.

• Homogeneous neighborhoods report higher generalized trust. Ties cohesion to shared norms in similar groups.

So yes, a 100% ethnic homogenous population would benefit, since it is correlated with high-trust. The fact that they're culturally homogenous plays a part as well of course. Think of it this way: Historically, ethnicities and cultures often evolved together over long periods within specific geographic and social contexts, as groups developed shared traditions, languages, values, and practices that distinguished them from others. This co-evolution meant that physical traits associated with ethnicity, such as skin color or facial features, frequently became visual markers of a group's cultural identity, reflecting their unique historical and environmental experiences. While these visual indicators were not absolute, they served as a shorthand for cultural affiliation in many societies, particularly before widespread global migration and cultural exchange blurred these distinctions.

**%%Just based on facts, diversity doesn't make a society safer or 'better' performing, just more 'ideal' in a humanist sense%%**. In reality, people are tribal and societies work best when everyone is as similar and in sync as possible. So if you're going to have an ethnically diverse society, then you ought to somehow impose a singular unified 'culture' for their to be minimal schisms in society. America, given its unique history, can be considered mostly a success story (while still having problems). However, it is not something I believe can or should be imitated by other nations. Ex: the unregulated immigration that's been happening in Europe and more recently, Japan which has been a disruptive force to what once was high-trust societies (the crime in Sweden speaks for itself). I would expect it to be similarly disruptive if swarths of white people came to a non-white nation in droves.  
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But if you'd like examples of homogenous 'white' nations and what positive effect that has:  
![image](https://us-lax-1.linodeobjects.com/sojooo/comments/2410/1742247508496-54a339b15a62d966.png)

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