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What’s So Great About Diversity?

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Posted By: 4250Luis, 3/19/2026 2:12:05 AM

Diversity is our strength.’ One hears this, or myriad variants of the same idea, unrelentingly. Certainly I work in an Australian university where the extent of higher-ups pushing this notion does indeed qualify as unrelenting, even matching totalitarian state levels of propaganda. But even outside the hallowed halls of impartial, politically balanced academia (did I write that with a straight face?) the mantra or cliché that diversity somehow delivers a stronger balance sheet or a more cohesive society or just better outcomes is pervasive in today’s democracies that have committed themselves to multiculturalism and to the various neo-Marxist versions of feminism. Sure,

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Reply 1 - Posted by: PChristopher 3/19/2026 3:50:13 AM (No. 2082066)
Diversity is a great thing.....as far as choices of restaurants is concerned. Beyond that, diversity is an albatross.
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