A thought provoking article by Fukuyama in which he argues that western libralism is failing to stand up for itself.

The end of history appears again!
"Multiculturalism, as it was originally conceived in Canada, the US and Europe, was in some sense a "game at the end of history." That is, cultural diversity was seen as a kind of ornament to liberal pluralism that would provide ethnic food, colourful dress and traces of distinctive historical traditions to societies often seen as numbingly conformist and homogeneous. Cultural diversity was something to be practised largely in the private sphere, where it would not lead to any serious violations of individual rights or otherwise challenge the essentially liberal social order. Where it did intrude into the public sphere, as in the case of language policy in Quebec, the deviation from liberal principle was seen by the dominant community more as an irritant than as a fundamental threat to liberal democracy itself."

However, I think the thing he misses in his call for greater integration is that you attract bees better with honey than with vinegar. If integration and building of diversity is more successful than division, then we should integrate as individuals and we will do better. In doing so this model of integration will appear to others to be successful leading to emulation.

However, if integration is not the right way to go then perhaps this method will allow us to see that too.