[dotancohen]

  > Highly successful multicultural countries appear to be an exception, rather than a norm.

Them why is this "ideal" of multiculturalism so heavily pushed in media and government action?

I personally speak four languages conversationally and from my familiarity, I cannot imagine even these similar cultures agreeing on enough basic values to form a stable society. How could dozens of cultures with different values and worldviews ever form a body of law that respects each tribe's values, customs, and interests?

[u4918]

By the popular conception of "diversity," these arbitrary dividing lines should certainly be a strength and not a weakness. It's telling that "mixing different cultures together" becomes a reason in hindsight that an African country fails , but looking to the future is supposed to be a reason a Western country (or company, etc.) will succeed. It's difficult to see how these claims can both be true.

[api]

Because it’s hard to achieve yet America and many other multicultural nations must achieve it or fall apart. You do hard things by trying to do them.