As a huge antipostcolonialist (thus colonialist) I really incline towards the “go universal culture” idea. However, there is also a more specific thing. As Nikonov notes, we are to distinguish immigrants and colonists. Immigrants get largely subsumed by the country they arrive to, even if they keep some peculiar details about them. Colonists do… well, what 16th-18th century colonists did, they are certainly not subsumed (how much of Aborigen Australians or Native Americans is seen in Australian/US usual settlers?). And the usual (partly justified, IMO) fear of Muslim “immigration” is that they do not, in fact, immigrate—they colonize. Or, at least, try to. They want to get European riches but keep their culture—like American colonists were certainly not going to acquire “Indian” culture while gaining resources and land in Americas.
“Heroin use is something every society would select if given the opportunity”—erm, consistently not true. Even Friedman in “Machinery of Freedom” concedes that the governmentless world he pictures could still ban heroin.
As a huge antipostcolonialist (thus colonialist) I really incline towards the “go universal culture” idea. However, there is also a more specific thing. As Nikonov notes, we are to distinguish immigrants and colonists. Immigrants get largely subsumed by the country they arrive to, even if they keep some peculiar details about them. Colonists do… well, what 16th-18th century colonists did, they are certainly not subsumed (how much of Aborigen Australians or Native Americans is seen in Australian/US usual settlers?). And the usual (partly justified, IMO) fear of Muslim “immigration” is that they do not, in fact, immigrate—they colonize. Or, at least, try to. They want to get European riches but keep their culture—like American colonists were certainly not going to acquire “Indian” culture while gaining resources and land in Americas.
“Heroin use is something every society would select if given the opportunity”—erm, consistently not true. Even Friedman in “Machinery of Freedom” concedes that the governmentless world he pictures could still ban heroin.