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.MEXIFORNIA Victor Davis Hanson 100MEXIFORNIA Victor Davis Hanson 101than explaining the dynamism and morality of the civilization thatour newcomers have pledged to join.Few in government or the media have a clue that secularrationalism, religious tolerance and the chauvinism of a middleclass ensure that we enjoy a rare degree of liberality in our lives—only possible through a foundation of material prosperity built onthe sanctity of private property and free markets.Even more rarelydo they appreciate how such Western values are not predicatedon race or ethnicity, but on simple acceptance of a core set ofrights and responsibilities.Few Mexicans could ever be acceptedas full citizens in China, Japan, Zimbabwe or Saudi Arabia—inother words, in many places of the non-Western world that definetheir citizenry by the criteria of race, tribe or religion.Despite thecampus rhetoric of resentment and discrimination, it would be farharder for an Anglo immigrant to be accepted as a full citizen in aMichoacan village than it would be for a Mixotec to take root inFresno.Yet through multiculturalism, cultural relativism and atherapeutic curriculum our schools often promote the very valuesfrom which new immigrants are fleeing—tribalism, statism andgroup rather than individual interests.If taken to heart, such ideaslead our new arrivals to the postulates that cause abject failure inCalifornia: “My home buddies are my only friends”; “The schoolhas failed to help me”; “Chicanos aren’t treated right and need tostick together.” In a larger sense, if we were to entertain the atti-tudes toward women that exist in Mexico; stress the need to favorrelatives and friends rather than follow the blind protocols of civilservice; or copy the Mexican constitution, court system, schools,universities, tax code, bureaucracy, energy industry or sewage sys-tem, then millions of Mexicans quite simply would stay put.Thereis a reason, after all, why those in a rather cold and inhospitableCanada, north of the Dakotas and Minnesota, do not cross intoAmerica by the millions, while others from a temperate, naturallybeautiful, oil-rich, mineral-laden and fertile Mexico do [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.MEXIFORNIA Victor Davis Hanson 100MEXIFORNIA Victor Davis Hanson 101than explaining the dynamism and morality of the civilization thatour newcomers have pledged to join.Few in government or the media have a clue that secularrationalism, religious tolerance and the chauvinism of a middleclass ensure that we enjoy a rare degree of liberality in our lives—only possible through a foundation of material prosperity built onthe sanctity of private property and free markets.Even more rarelydo they appreciate how such Western values are not predicatedon race or ethnicity, but on simple acceptance of a core set ofrights and responsibilities.Few Mexicans could ever be acceptedas full citizens in China, Japan, Zimbabwe or Saudi Arabia—inother words, in many places of the non-Western world that definetheir citizenry by the criteria of race, tribe or religion.Despite thecampus rhetoric of resentment and discrimination, it would be farharder for an Anglo immigrant to be accepted as a full citizen in aMichoacan village than it would be for a Mixotec to take root inFresno.Yet through multiculturalism, cultural relativism and atherapeutic curriculum our schools often promote the very valuesfrom which new immigrants are fleeing—tribalism, statism andgroup rather than individual interests.If taken to heart, such ideaslead our new arrivals to the postulates that cause abject failure inCalifornia: “My home buddies are my only friends”; “The schoolhas failed to help me”; “Chicanos aren’t treated right and need tostick together.” In a larger sense, if we were to entertain the atti-tudes toward women that exist in Mexico; stress the need to favorrelatives and friends rather than follow the blind protocols of civilservice; or copy the Mexican constitution, court system, schools,universities, tax code, bureaucracy, energy industry or sewage sys-tem, then millions of Mexicans quite simply would stay put.Thereis a reason, after all, why those in a rather cold and inhospitableCanada, north of the Dakotas and Minnesota, do not cross intoAmerica by the millions, while others from a temperate, naturallybeautiful, oil-rich, mineral-laden and fertile Mexico do [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]