You may wish to reflect for a moment on why Africa has 430 million French speakers.
> So mass immigration can clearly change society for the worse outside of simply economic and population density reasons.
But it can also change for the better.
His point is that culture is not fixed and immutable. Whether it changes for better or worse depends on circumstances.
Re:Paris syndrome
by douglasmurray12 on Sunday January 12, 2020 @06:09AM
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But suppose that it is perceived by the public that the net benefit from mass immigration is negative. How should they organize into a political movement or even voice their concerns, such that they do not get accused of being racist, xenophobic, populist, fascist, far-right?
There is clearly more to it than just economic and population density reasons. Culture matters. Consider, for example, that female genital mutilation is now a European problem. Or that Europe today has de facto implemented Islamic blasphemy laws - where people are afraid to criticize Islam publicly for fear of being murdered. Or that the number of rapes has gone up significantly in Sweden, with more than 80% of rape assaults being carried out by foreign-born individuals? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_in_Sweden) Or that 52% of British muslims believe that homosexuality should be illegal, and that close to half of British muslims believe that wives should always obey their husbands? (https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/ct/publication/doc...)
So mass immigration can clearly change society for the worse outside of simply economic and population density reasons.