LET'S TALK ABOUT MULTICULTURALISM, SHALL WE?
The "Multi-Culturalism" experiment has failed...terribly.
So, the basic idea behind multiculturalism was "let's all keep our own cultures and live happily side by side." But in practice -- especially in Europe -- it's created more problems than it solved.
People ended up in their own bubbles — separate neighborhoods, schools, and communities where they barely mix with the locals. You see these ethnic enclaves in places like certain parts of London, Paris suburbs, American & Swedish cities, etc. Second and third-generation kids from some groups still struggle with language and fitting in. It didn't create one society, it created several running parallel.
In a bunch of European countries, immigrants (especially from certain non-Western countries like North Africa, Middle East, or Somalia) and their kids show up in crime stats way more than natives. We're talking violent stuff, gang issues, sex-grooming scandals in the UK, and riots. Add in the terrorism worries from unintegrated pockets, and it feeds frustration.
There are BIG differences on basic stuff, for example, how women should be treated, LGBT rights, free speech, honor culture, things like FGM. Surveys keep showing that some Muslim communities in Europe & America hold pretty different views on Sharia, equality, etc., and those gaps don't close fast.
Multiculturalism was too hands-off — it didn't push hard enough for Western values because that might be "offensive." This is where multiculturalism has FAILED.
When you've got tons of different groups with very, very different backgrounds, people tend to trust each other less. Studies (even from left-leaning researchers) show diversity often leads to people "hunkering down" in their own circles. Natural born citizens get resentful seeing rapid changes, special treatment, or resources stretched thin. Neighborhoods changed super fast. Some areas that were mostly native European / American are now majority immigrant-descended. A lot of locals feel like they're losing their country’s culture and identity. Different birth rates + more migration just speeds that up. By celebrating "difference" so much, it discouraged people from actually assimilating. Contrast that with older-school "melting pot" places where you learn the language, adopt the main values, and move forward. Europe, more so than America, brought in low-skilled folks who ended up relying heavily on welfare, and progress across generations has been disappointing for some groups.
Oh yeah, it works fine when the cultures are similar or the immigrants are highly selected (think East Asians or skilled Europeans or those from South America that are skilled). But when you have big cultural gaps + large numbers + weak expectations to integrate, it creates division, costs, and backlash.
A lot of European / American leaders basically admitted it flopped years ago. The takeaway for many now? Be pickier about who comes in, expect real integration, and stop pretending all cultures are equally compatible in a liberal democracy -- because they're not! Not all cultures are equal.
The solution to the problem is simple: deport not only those that are ILLEGAL, but those that refuse to assimilate into Western culture, mores, values, language, and ethics.
