Some things are better off homogeneous. An absence of shared values and concerns leads to sectarianism and the erosion of inter-communal trust, which sucks.

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zkmon a day ago | parent | next [-]

Inter-communal trust sucks only when you consider well-being of a larger community which swallowed up smaller communities. You just created a larger community, which still has the same inter-communal trust issues with other large communities which were also created by similar swallowing up of other smaller communities. There is no single global community.

	▲	energy123 a day ago \| parent [-]
		A larger community is still better than a smaller one, even if it's not as large as it can possibly be. Do you prefer to be Japanese during the period of warring tribes or after unification? Do you prefer to be Irish during the Troubles or today? Do you prefer to be American during the Civil War or afterwards? It's pretty obvious when you think about historical case studies.

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mythrwy 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That is also how things wind down and progress ceases and civilizations decay. You need a measure of conflict and difference to move things forward.

I do agree however this needs to be controlled and within bounds so as not to be totally destructive and also because you can't get anywhere with everyone pulling in different directions.

In evolutionary terms, variation is the basis for natural selection. You have no variation then you have nothing to select from.