Assimilation does happen in America. But it's assimilation into secular, postmodern, consumerism, an anti-culture which drives out all particulars to produce what I call "Nutella Man" (https://brianvillanueva.substack.com/p/turning-men-into-nutella), a mass of uniform workers and consumers attached to nothing. The Prof-Managerial-Class (who prefers to unattachment) loves it. It's a disaster for everyone else.
France has real assimilation challenges. The EU ruling class is doing everything to make EU citizens into Nutella Men, and they're resisting. (Resistance began too late, so they will likely lose though.) The reason we don't have Parisian "no-go" zones or Shariah enclaves yet (outside MI) is because American assimilation does still work.
Long term though, you're correct. A society with no shared beliefs cannot survive.
Regarding Haiti: "I think they could stop things essentially without firing a shot" Decker has clearly never worn the uniform.
"Never trust a mercenary" Mercenaries are like lobbyists; both proudly advertise their loyalty for sale.
From what I’ve read about Haiti, the idea of domination by spirits is so strong there that fatalism and a lack of belief in one’s agency underlies much of the issues there. After all, if things go bad and you think it’s caused by powers beyond your control, then you have to either accept this or find some way to win those powers to your side. People can try all they want to fix a country like that, but it is very hard to overcome that sort of thinking. Of course, it might also be possible that there really is a malevolent supernatural force that is at the root of the misery there. And if there is one thing I have learned from horror movies, mercenaries always lose in that situation.
I'm a skeptic of anything supernatural. But I do believe that things like fatalism and lack of belief in personal agency will lead people to make choices consistent with that belief, which as you say translates into never-ending crisis.
You're right - the mercenaries always get wiped out in the end by the monsters!
Assimilation does happen in America. But it's assimilation into secular, postmodern, consumerism, an anti-culture which drives out all particulars to produce what I call "Nutella Man" (https://brianvillanueva.substack.com/p/turning-men-into-nutella), a mass of uniform workers and consumers attached to nothing. The Prof-Managerial-Class (who prefers to unattachment) loves it. It's a disaster for everyone else.
France has real assimilation challenges. The EU ruling class is doing everything to make EU citizens into Nutella Men, and they're resisting. (Resistance began too late, so they will likely lose though.) The reason we don't have Parisian "no-go" zones or Shariah enclaves yet (outside MI) is because American assimilation does still work.
Long term though, you're correct. A society with no shared beliefs cannot survive.
Regarding Haiti: "I think they could stop things essentially without firing a shot" Decker has clearly never worn the uniform.
"Never trust a mercenary" Mercenaries are like lobbyists; both proudly advertise their loyalty for sale.
From what I’ve read about Haiti, the idea of domination by spirits is so strong there that fatalism and a lack of belief in one’s agency underlies much of the issues there. After all, if things go bad and you think it’s caused by powers beyond your control, then you have to either accept this or find some way to win those powers to your side. People can try all they want to fix a country like that, but it is very hard to overcome that sort of thinking. Of course, it might also be possible that there really is a malevolent supernatural force that is at the root of the misery there. And if there is one thing I have learned from horror movies, mercenaries always lose in that situation.
I'm a skeptic of anything supernatural. But I do believe that things like fatalism and lack of belief in personal agency will lead people to make choices consistent with that belief, which as you say translates into never-ending crisis.
You're right - the mercenaries always get wiped out in the end by the monsters!