Saturday, February 20, 2016
The policies of ethnopluralism need to be the end product of present and future scholars, writers, and dealers in ideas
Moving away from the exhibitionism of
the current presidential primary season, let me quote from the
American Conservative: “ Policies are the end products of a long
chain of manufacture, which typically begins with scholars, writers,
and other dealers in ideas.”
It is still considered politically
incorrect by modern liberals, and even some on the right who have
been taught to be cultural Marxists, to say that it is first biology
and genetic traits, with culture close behind, and not politics, that
determines the character, tone and guiding beliefs of society.
The political differences between, say,
Africans and Scandinavians, are the result of distinctive human
biology adapting to different environments---and neither is superior
or inferior. It is almost a form of madness to politically demand that one be
like the other.
Considered from this realistic
perspective, politics logically and intuitively points toward the
political configuration of ethnopluralism. That is, regions and
states set aside for distinct ethnic cultures, protected by some kind
of federalism.
Ethnopluralism openly reflects real
human nature, which is above all kin-centered and group-selecting,
and is the truly just way to deal with human differences and human
competition on our crowded planet.
In the United States ethnopluralism
could even be accommodated legally by the constitutional principle of
the separation of powers and states.
The policies of ethnopluralism need to
be the end product of present and future scholars, writers, and
dealers in ideas. Let's begin.
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