In reply to S****** Blonde.

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Political Correctness is a problem, in so far as it allows problems to fester and not be solved. That's true. However, Continental Europe and the UK has no right to complain about multi-culturalism for the reasons I cited above. It's of their own making. It's comical, actually, the whining when the totality of what they extracted, destroyed and disrupted, and continue to extract from these countries is considered.

Now, Nordic countries have a very different history. That is accurate - especially Finland. However, it's important to remember that all countries in Europe benefited exponentially from colonalism and the slave trade. The high quality of life, freedom and economic stability is in large part because of these actions. Nordic countries attempted to colonize the Americas and Africa, but couldn't sustain most their holdings. Instead, they profited from the triangular trade that ripped families a part and disrupted entire civilizations.

Sweden, for example, colonized a part of which is today present-day Ghana and was one of the main providers of iron during the transatlantic slave trade. Cape Coast Castle in Ghana was built by the Swedes. St. Barthelemey, among others, were former Swedish colonies. Denmark was involved in the transport of around 100,000 slaves from Africa to the former West Indies, and also profited in various ways from colonalism and the slave trade. Those are just some examples, so I do suggest you read a bit in that area.

The world is global now, no matter how anyone feels about it - least of all European's who set in motion, and now have to deal. I think it's a false choice between maintaining a European identity and being politically correct/guilty.