The politics of multiculturalism pose an existential threat to western civilization

I would request they stay within the parameters of the debate. I am a white atheist but will not be able to offer more proof at this time (nor am I interested in doing so). Here are my principal arguments:1. Countries who actively promote multiculturalism sustain highly healthy democracies for decades. Two of the earliest proponents of official multiculturalism, Canada and Australia (1) both are ranked in the top 10 most healthy democracies in the world in one index of political stability (2). Given that both countries passed their multiculturalism acts in the early 70's, there has been over 40 years for the effects of the policy to result in decline in western institutions. There is no such evidence of that decline in either of these two countries. Rather, they are two very politically, culturally, and economically healthy societies. 2. A review of those western nations most in decline show that none were particularly strong supporters of multiculturalism before their decline. According the this year's Democracy index (2), the only western European nations to experience declines in the stability of their democracies over the last 5 years were Greece, Italy, Portugal, Ireland and Spain. Greece, Italy, and Ireland don't have formal multicultural policies. Portugal and Spain make mention of intercultural exchanges and integration in some legislation but avoid formal multiculturalism (3). The most important unifying feature of these five states was that they were all hit badly by the economic crisis (rather than a tendency towards endorsing multiculturalism).3. Historically, the biggest threat to western civilization has been authoritarian ideologies. But people who are most likely to support multiculturalism tend to be less likely to endorse authoritarian beliefs. North America and Europe faced their biggest recent threats in the back-to-back conflicts of World War II and the Cold War. Both of these struggles were against authoritarian systems. Interestingly, authoritarianism and support for multiculturalism are negatively related (4). We would expect that authoritarian groups and individuals to dislike multicultural policies and those who most strongly advocate for multiculturalism to be most strongly inclined away from authoritarian belief systems. As such, it seems unlikely that societies that move towards multiculturalism are likely to endorse those ideologies that have historically threatened Western Civilization (e. g. , fascism, communism, etc. ). Summary:Multiculturalism poses no existential threat to Western societies. The two biggest proponents of multiculturalism, Canada and Australia, have proved robustly stable and prosperous. In contrast, those Western societies that have suffered the most in recent years, do not show any particular tendency to multiculturalism. Finally, support for multiculturalism does not seem to lend itself naturally to a support for authoritarianism, the traditional existential threat to western societies in the 20th century. Rather, one can imagine that as societies normalize multiculturalism, authoritarianism becomes increasingly marginalized. (1) . https://en.wikipedia.org...(2) . http://www.yabiladi.com...(3) . http://www.queensu.ca...(4) . http://link.springer.com...