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“Nonjudgmentalism isn’t what it seems to be. It is always a disguise for imposing a moral judgment without having to give reasons for it, just by pretending not to be making one.”-- J. Budziszewski
Recent attacks at Old Dominion and a large Reformed Synagogue in Michigan highlight the powerful alliance that America’s leftists have created with Muslim immigrants and their 1st and 2nd-generation descendants.
Religiosity by itself does not deterministically block assimilation. However, devout Muslims are likelier to retain distinct cultural and religious practices (e.g., lower intermarriage, stronger in-group networks). Additionally, pious religiosity correlates with many markers of lower cultural assimilation (e.g., visible practices such as dress, endogamy, use of co-ethnic institutions). Studies find devout individuals are more likely to keep religious dress, attend religious services, and marry within the faith, each of which is a countervailing force to assimilation. But Muslims go further than merely keeping to themselves as, say, the Amish or Ultra-Orthodox Jews do. 2 of the key determinants that separate Muslims from prior immigrants:
Religiosity by itself does not deterministically block assimilation. However, devout Muslims are likelier to retain distinct cultural and religious practices (e.g., lower intermarriage, stronger in-group networks). Additionally, pious religiosity correlates with many markers of lower cultural assimilation (e.g., visible practices such as dress, endogamy, use of co-ethnic institutions). Studies find devout individuals are more likely to keep religious dress, attend religious services, and marry within the faith, each of which is a countervailing force to assimilation. But Muslims go further than merely keeping to themselves as, say, the Amish or Ultra-Orthodox Jews do. 2 of the key determinants that separate Muslims from prior immigrants:
1. Many Muslims believe that following sharia Law, a fusion between faith, political, and military doctrine, is a religious requirement. Polls tend to gloss over how important this is by asking Should Muslims have the choice to live under sharia, which gets higher affirmative responses than asking whether sharia should replace US law. This ignores that, for devout Muslims, the mandate is for Sharia to become the law of the land. This raises a question: If a significant portion of Muslims endorse sharia law and, by extension, other covenants from the qur’an, how can we be sure of an individual’s loyalty?
Meanwhile, our homegrown leftists, communists, and anarchists seek to destroy American-style capitalism and individualism. They are already integrated into the American system through the left-wing/democrat party, which they’ve completely conquered. As an example of how they operate, Washington state just passed a 9.9% surtax on income above $1 million. If you live in Seattle, the effective state income tax rate is over 18%, the highest in the country! This follows efforts in other blue states to effectively punish success while fulfilling the marxist social-justice warriors’ demand for income redistribution.
Like the tens of thousands of recent Islamic immigrants, America’s homegrown leftists see themselves working to create a social structure that requires everyone to be subordinate, not to Islam, but to “social-justice,” which demands that no one should live better than anyone else, regardless of how hard they work, or what the create. Islamist movements and America’s left (everything from the left-wing/democrat Party to the hardcore antifa types) have converged tactically around shared grievances—chiefly opposition to US/Israeli policy, and critiques of global capitalism. Their alignment is pragmatic, symbolic, and ultimately short-lived rather than representing ideological fusion. Eventually, this temporary alignment will fracture, like all similar others before it, resulting in a return to the loathing that both positions have for each other. Before that happens, though, this “enemy of my enemy alliance,” if left unchecked, can destroy the American system.
Lacking a widely shared understanding of the problems we face and the ability to prioritize threats, we have not met the challenge posed by an enemy bent on our destruction. marxists/collectivists are convinced that once they’ve obtained their goals, they can turn on the Muslims and destroy them next. And vice versa. Neither side will tolerate the other’s existence after they’ve destroyed us.
Sooner or later, traditional America, its institutions, and leaders must come to see the threat, prioritize a response, and rally fellow Americans to the realities and challenges we face
Different but related:
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/the-marxist-threat-america-has-two-fronts-both-are-advancing
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/how-much-more-evidence-do-we-need/
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