Many years ago, back in the dim mists of time, I lived in a quiet country village in the South East of England. This village had its usual "idiots" (every village has them) but on the whole they were harmless. The local bobby had a little station and everyone knew who he was. The majority of kids lived in fear of being chastised by the bobby, and him telling our parents, so on the whole we did as we were told.
Then in the mid-80's/early 90's some "clever and enlightened" libterd in the county council thought it would be a great idea to bring in some of the more anti-social elements of a infamous council estate from a nearby town (Moulsecombe in Brighton).
These families were installed in our downland village so they could benefit and learn from the, largely self-policing, society we had. Apparently, the idea being that the "halcyon idyll" of village life would tame these anti-social scum bags and they would transform into model citizens. WRONG!!! Anyone with half a brain could see that as soon as they stepped foot into our village they would convert some of the kids (who had borderline authority issues) already living on the council estates to full blown anti-social thugs.
It happened, the newcomers brought their culture with them to the council estates in our village, it supplanted the existing self-policing culture prevalent at the time and the estates descended into areas where one though twice about going. I lived backing on to one of the estates in our village, when I was little we always went round to play with the kids on the estate because there was no difference between us and them, they rented we didn't, that was it, to me it was just another estate in the village where my friends lived. Doors were left unlocked and an open door policy was prevalent.
By my teens and early twenties, the situation had deteriorated exponentially, it didn't help that the local families living on the estates were able to buy their houses from the council which also set up a two-tiered them and us vibe within the estates. So the council built more social housing, because, despite the trouble on the council estates, the village was a desirable one and house prices went through the roof to such an extent that a large number of us that had grown up in the village couldn't afford to stay there. Many people I knew that couldn't afford to buy a house in the village also didn't qualify for social housing either. Newcomers were brought in and they were given the social housing over and above local people. This caused inevitable tensions, particularly because a lot of the newcomers were relocated due to their anti-social behaviour in their previous town/village.
So in conclusion it didn't/doesn't work on a small scale, the agressive dominant anti-social culture of the "scombies" (as they were known) overwhelmed the incumbent passive, self-censuring, law abiding (on the whole!) village culture. It has to be said that not everyone from the Moulescombe estate was a anti-social moron, my own grandparents lived on an adjacent estate and they knew many people from both estates who were law-abiding, decent people.
Does this ring any bells? Agressive, anti-social cultures moving into relatively civilised, generally law abiding countries and overwhelming the prevalent culture? You got it!!! WELCOME. TO. EUROPE!
IT DIDN'T WORK THEN ON A SMALL DOMESTIC SCALE SO IT SURE AS HELL WON'T WORK ON A GLOBAL ONE.
Then in the mid-80's/early 90's some "clever and enlightened" libterd in the county council thought it would be a great idea to bring in some of the more anti-social elements of a infamous council estate from a nearby town (Moulsecombe in Brighton).
These families were installed in our downland village so they could benefit and learn from the, largely self-policing, society we had. Apparently, the idea being that the "halcyon idyll" of village life would tame these anti-social scum bags and they would transform into model citizens. WRONG!!! Anyone with half a brain could see that as soon as they stepped foot into our village they would convert some of the kids (who had borderline authority issues) already living on the council estates to full blown anti-social thugs.
It happened, the newcomers brought their culture with them to the council estates in our village, it supplanted the existing self-policing culture prevalent at the time and the estates descended into areas where one though twice about going. I lived backing on to one of the estates in our village, when I was little we always went round to play with the kids on the estate because there was no difference between us and them, they rented we didn't, that was it, to me it was just another estate in the village where my friends lived. Doors were left unlocked and an open door policy was prevalent.
By my teens and early twenties, the situation had deteriorated exponentially, it didn't help that the local families living on the estates were able to buy their houses from the council which also set up a two-tiered them and us vibe within the estates. So the council built more social housing, because, despite the trouble on the council estates, the village was a desirable one and house prices went through the roof to such an extent that a large number of us that had grown up in the village couldn't afford to stay there. Many people I knew that couldn't afford to buy a house in the village also didn't qualify for social housing either. Newcomers were brought in and they were given the social housing over and above local people. This caused inevitable tensions, particularly because a lot of the newcomers were relocated due to their anti-social behaviour in their previous town/village.
So in conclusion it didn't/doesn't work on a small scale, the agressive dominant anti-social culture of the "scombies" (as they were known) overwhelmed the incumbent passive, self-censuring, law abiding (on the whole!) village culture. It has to be said that not everyone from the Moulescombe estate was a anti-social moron, my own grandparents lived on an adjacent estate and they knew many people from both estates who were law-abiding, decent people.
Does this ring any bells? Agressive, anti-social cultures moving into relatively civilised, generally law abiding countries and overwhelming the prevalent culture? You got it!!! WELCOME. TO. EUROPE!
IT DIDN'T WORK THEN ON A SMALL DOMESTIC SCALE SO IT SURE AS HELL WON'T WORK ON A GLOBAL ONE.
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