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But, do you think that the US might lose their flexibility to assimilate people in the future?

How long has it been, almost 500 years (since colonization) already? :)

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canadian salad? :)

I bet that is the case everywhere in the fiorst world. Parents want their children to “accomplish more than they did”, and the best way to let the children do that is giving them a higher degree.
Do you have studies that look at the qualities of the degrees as well? From my (gut)feeling, i think that this quality is decreasing, that higher degrees are kind of inflationary.

Probably no idea, though I think completing college is already a accomplishment far ahead of the curve.

@TG:

But, do you think that the US might lose their flexibility to assimilate people in the future?

How long has it been, almost 500 years (since colonization) already? :)

Well, surely the first colonists were not a mix, but all brits.
Anotehr point that struck me on my way home (mixing threads now):
In one thread, christianity was mentioned to be a strong “unifier and identifier”. I guess that is surely the case in the US, and one of the reasons, why christianity is such (overly) strong over there with you.
I mean, “God’s own country” is pretty a strong phrase to pronounce the role of judeo-christian believes in the US.
How easy is it for non-judeo-christians to “assimilate”?

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@TG:

But, do you think that the US might lose their flexibility to assimilate people in the future?

How long has it been, almost 500 years (since colonization) already? :)

Well, surely the first colonists were not a mix, but all brits.
Anotehr point that struck me on my way home (mixing threads now):
In one thread, christianity was mentioned to be a strong “unifier and identifier”. I guess that is surely the case in the US, and one of the reasons, why christianity is such (overly) strong over there with you.
I mean, “God’s own country” is pretty a strong phrase to pronounce the role of judeo-christian believes in the US.
How easy is it for non-judeo-christians to “assimilate”?

the first colonists? Not all brits my friend, but the French, the Dutch, Germans. Perhaps the Mayflower was comprised of brits, but it was not long until other nationalities found a home there.
Also in Canada we don’t assimilate very much. People gradually become Canadian but they maintain very culturally distinct indentities, and it does not seem that difficult for them to do so (just looking at the large number of Indian, Chinese, etc. practitioners of medicine anyway).

Well, surely the first colonists were not a mix, but all brits.

I think CC already mentioned it. There were other races besides Brits (many Dutch, Scots/Irish, other North/Western Europeans. And also of different religions, different classes, and different ideologies.

I stand corrected… New York should be called New Amsterdam anyway :)

well there is always “Harlem”
or “haarlem” as you prefer.
Also look at Pennsylvania. You, obviously, may translate that to “the forests of Penn” - not a British name.

Why should the US be called “God’s own country?”

Our religions change continually… just like every other country in the world…

Don’t ask me, I just live here. :)

I am familiar with the study F mentioned. It’s conclusion is that out of the major industrial nations, young Americans have a worse grasp of geography than other youngens.

Why should the US be called “God’s own country?”

Where does it say that the US is God’s own country?

Our religions change continually… just like every other country in the world…

How so?