Great essay, Wallace! It is very illuminating on how assimilation works to sustain a common culture and how “multiculturalism” can undermine it. All cultures are not the same and achieving a common culture in a large, diverse country is not easy, especially if rapid immigration of people with divergent cultures are unable or unwilling to assimilate into key norms of the host country. Unfettered immigration (especially if its illegal) can look more like an invasion to many citizens of the host country if its not effectively controlled and if much of the host country has lost sufficient faith in the validity if its own key shared values. This is where neutrality and tolerance is problematic and even dangerous to national survival.