Comment by rayiner
2 years ago
Right. Asian countries that aren’t technically ethnostates are effectively such, by way of something that functions like an ethnic identity. E.g. nearly everyone assimilating into Han ethnic identity in China. Similarly, Arab identity.
Most European countries historically functioned like ethnostates. They’re trying to change that, but not successfully.
I don’t believe diverse countries are sustainable in the long run. Look at what happened to Jews in Europe. They were living in peace with their neighbors for hundreds of years, and then their neighbors turned on them and massacred them.
"They were living in peace with their neighbors for hundreds of years, and then their neighbors turned on them and massacred them."
Progroms were not exactly a new thing in europe, but frequently happened over the centuries. The 19. and beginning of the 20. century was rather a quite peaceful episode, with jews getting equal citizen rights etc. but the hate did not go away, as can be seen, once the Nazis took over.