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Originally Posted by blankall
Canada is a multicultural new world state. Totally different from what we're discussing. Also, Belgium, Switerland? What makes them so different? It's peolpe of the same religion and ethnicity. They speak a slightly different language. Hardly comparable to the Palestinian/Israeli situation. That's more comparable to an Iraqi Jew and an Iranian Jew both living in Israel. Also, South Africa is not an example of two groups of people getting along. Even now, cross-racial violence in South Africa is rampant and the distrubution of wealth is entriely lopsided. The white population is also in decline as thousands of people continue to flee the country. Even then, it doesn't really fit the criteria of two major groups just getting along. Whites in SA make up less than 10% of the population.
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How so? I would argue that Switzerland and Belgium in particular have more differences inside than Palestine/Israel. In Switzerland's case, Italian & French are both Latin Languages, while German is Germanic. Completely different. In Israel/Palestine's case, Hebrew and Arabic are both Semitic Languages. In Switzerland's case, 39% are Catholic, 31% are Protestant and 20% have no religion. I would say historically, those three groups have never really gotten along. For Belgium, it's more of the same. In Canada's case, wars were fought between French and English, but at the end, they put their differences aside and created one state. I concede with South Africa, but when you have such a small population of whites, that holds most of the power, well let's just say things are bound to get ugly.