Posted on 11/15/2013 7:04:37 PM PST by milehighmaniac
Richard Lamm on Multiculturalism
We know Richard Lamm as the former Democratic Governor of Colorado from 1975-1987. In that context his thoughts are particularly poignant. In 2004 there was an immigration overpopulation conference in Washington, DC, filled to capacity by many of American's finest minds and leaders. A brilliant college professor by the name of Victor Davis Hansen talked about his latest book, Mexifornia, explaining how immigration - both legal and illegal was destroying the entire state of California. He said it would march across the country until it destroyed all vestiges of The American Dream.
Moments later, former Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm stood up and gave a stunning speech on how to destroy America. The audience sat spellbound as he described eight methods for the destruction of the United States. He said, "If you believe that America is too smug, too self-satisfied, too rich, then let's destroy America. It is not that hard to do. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time. Arnold Toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise and fall and that 'An autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide.'"
"Here is how they do it," Lamm said:
"First, to destroy America, turn America into a bilingual or multi-lingual and bicultural country." History shows that no nation can survive the tension, conflict, and antagonism of two or more competing languages and cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual; however, it is a curse for a society to be bilingual. The historical scholar, Seymour Lipset, put it this way: 'The histories of bilingual and bi-cultural societies that do not assimilate are histories of turmoil, tension, and tragedy.' Canada, Belgium, Malaysia, and Lebanon all face crises of national existence in which minorities press for autonomy, if not independence. Pakistan and Cyprus have divided. Nigeria suppressed an ethnic rebellion. France faces difficulties with Basques, Bretons, and Corsicans."
Lamm went on: Second, to destroy America, "Invent 'multiculturalism' and encourage immigrants to maintain their culture. I would make it an article of belief that all cultures are equal. That there are no cultural differences. I would make it an article of faith that the Black and Hispanic dropout rates are due solely to prejudice and discrimination by the majority. Every other explanation is out of bounds.
Third, "We could make the United States an 'Hispanic Quebec' without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity. As Benjamin Schwarz said in the Atlantic Monthly recently: 'The apparent success of our own multiethnic and multicultural experiment might have been achieved not by tolerance but by hegemony. Without the dominance that once dictated ethnocentricity and what it meant to be an American, we are left with only tolerance and pluralism to hold us together.' Lamm said, "I would encourage all immigrants to keep their own language and culture. I would replace the melting pot metaphor with the salad bowl metaphor. It is important to ensure that we have various cultural subgroups living in America enforcing their differences rather than as Americans, emphasizing their similarities."
"Fourth, I would make our fastest growing demographic group the least educated. I would add a second underclass, unassimilated, undereducated, and antagonistic to our population. I would have this second underclass have a 50% dropout rate from high. school."
"My fifth point for destroying America would be to get big foundations and business to give these efforts lots of money. I would invest in ethnic identity, and I would establish the cult of 'Victimology.' I would get all minorities to think that their lack of success was the fault of the majority. I would start a grievance industry blaming all minority failure on the majority population."
"My sixth plan for America's downfall would include dual citizenship, and promote divided loyalties. I would celebrate diversity over unity. I would stress differences rather than similarities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other - that is, when they are not killing each other. A diverse, peaceful, or stable society is against most historical precedent. People undervalue the unity it takes to keep a nation together. Look at the ancient Greeks. The Greeks believed that they belonged to the same race; they possessed a common language and literature; and they worshipped the same gods. All Greece took part in the Olympic Games. A common enemy, Persia, threatened their liberty. Yet all these bonds were not strong enough to overcome two factors: local patriotism and geographical conditions that nurtured political divisions. Greece fell. E. Pluribus Unum -- From many, one. In that historical reality, if we put the emphasis on the 'pluribus'. Instead of the 'Unum,' we will balkanize America as surely as Kosovo."
"Next to last, I would place all subjects off limits; make it taboo to talk about anything against the cult of 'diversity.' I would find a word similar to 'heretic' in the 16th century - that stopped discussion and paralyzed thinking. Words like 'racist' or 'xenophobe' halt discussion and debate. Having made America a bilingual/bicultural country, having established multi-culturism, having the large foundations fund the doctrine of 'Victimology,' I would next make it impossible to enforce our immigration laws. I would develop a mantra: That because immigration has been good for America, it must always be good. I would make every individual immigrant symmetric and ignore the cumulative impact of millions of them."
In the last minute of his speech, Governor Lamm wiped his brow. Profound silence followed. Finally he said, "Lastly, I would censor Victor Davis Hanson's book, Mexifornia. His book is dangerous. It exposes the plan to destroy America. If you feel America deserves to be destroyed, don't read that book."
There was no applause. A chilling fear quietly rose like an ominous cloud above every attendee at the conference. Every American in that room knew that everything Lamm enumerated was proceeding methodically, quietly, darkly, yet pervasively across the United States today. Discussion is being suppressed. Over 100 languages are ripping the foundation of our educational system and national cohesiveness. Even barbaric cultures that practice female genital mutilation are growing as we celebrate 'diversity.' American jobs are vanishing into the Third World as corporations create a Third World in America - take note of California and other states - to date, ten million illegal aliens and growing fast. It is reminiscent of George Orwell's book, 1984. In that story, three slogans are engraved in the Ministry of Truth building: "War is peace," "Freedom is slavery," and "Ignorance is strength."
Governor Lamm walked back to his seat. It dawned on everyone at the conference that the future of our great nation is deeply in trouble and worsening fast. If we don't get this immigration monster stopped quickly, it will rage like a California wildfire and destroy everything in its path, especially The American Dream.
“America’s history and traditions have to change” - Michelle Obama
We could ask the British how well multiculturalism works?
One can call it suicide but I think of it as a murder/suicide since those who push this agenda are deliberately seeking to kill America. Then so many blithely join.
ping
Multiculturalism is the antithesis of the Melting Pot. America is an idea - a set of ideas. If you like your country you can keep it, in your country. If you’re not of the American mind stay/go home.
So the melting pot makes everything white? I think not. Lamm was full of crap. We have dozens of nationalities and cultures in our country, all worth honoring and preserving, all belonging to Americans.
Deal with it.
If the government was really serious about saving BIG bucks, it would only print out anything, forms and books or whatever, in English ONLY including welfare applications. No translators for lawbreakers. No multilingual teachers. No multilingual operators. No multilingual roadsigns and no drivers licenses, citizen or not, if you can’t fill out the ap in English.
No entienden Inglés? Mierda dura.
Not white. AMERICAN. Big difference.
Little could they have imagined that after all they went through and suffered to build the greatest nation the world has ever know from literally nothing. We would willingly hand it over to strangers from foreign lands who only wish to tear up and destroy everything they built.
Bookmarked.
The bitter truth is that America was never a monoculture.
“No Irish need apply”, and all that jazz.
This country wouldn’t be in this position where it is now - effectively invaded by alien values - if more efforts were made to highlight and emphasise American values - essentially secular values that are universally identifiable and logically sensible - those of the Jeffersonian kind.
It’s a pity.
Note that these policies are being implemented consistently and across several administrations, led by both parties. This lends credence to the theory that the USA is ruled by a single, stable, shadowy group that oversees Presidents and Congress and retains its ideals and plans over a long time, even as individual members of the group leave due to old age. The group is powerful enough to install a very debatable and, apparently, incompetent candidate as the President just to gain control over the black voters, with not a single peep coming out of Congress about his eligibility.
The most important question, of course, is "Why?" Anyone with positive IQ can see that the current policies are suicidal. Still, these policies are being pursued. There must be a method in all this madness. What society are they building, and why they are not content with the society that the USA used to have?
Read the entire speech so that you don’t look as stupid as you sound.
>>Deal with it.<<
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That’s exactly the crux of the matter — it is an unnatural situation and cannot be dealt with. We are on a death ride just like Europe is.
Ever heard of balkanization? We are well beyond that point. The Balkans have less diversity than we have today and they got their problems as the Kososvo war showed.
I’ve said it for years: Political correctness will destroy America. No enemy from without can lay a glove on us. But, the enemies within will bring down this great nation.
bkmk
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A lot of “Republicans” believe and practice the multicultural nonsense too.
It has to do with motives. The American people are still convinced that only Democrats care for the working people.
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