The problem is that the US is too large to maintain complete neutrality. Remember, Switzerland is a small, landlocked nation that has a large amount of mountains creating a natural wall.
The problem is that the US is too large to maintain complete neutrality. Remember, Switzerland is a small, landlocked nation that has a large amount of mountains creating a natural wall.
The OP didn't posit that as a challenge, the challenge is to make the USA be composed of several different ethnic groups, like Switzerland.
Romansch, that was the one that the Native languages would equal. Right.If 1% of the U.S. spoke Romansch, that would just be awesome.
The title of this post was very misleading!![]()
But I think less nativist pressure against immigrant practices in the mid 1800s. If immigrants were less pressured to assimilate, we'd have more languages used commonly and more cultural variance.
However, that would cause problems for the United States in terms of stability. Multiculturalism doesn't work so the United States would probably only be a regional power.
However, that would cause problems for the United States in terms of stability. Multiculturalism doesn't work so the United States would probably only be a regional power.
However, that would cause problems for the United States in terms of stability. Multiculturalism doesn't work so the United States would probably only be a regional power.
Works fine for Switzerland. Anyway, Swiss nationalism isn't so much based on any particular nationality as being an exclusive club of self-governing statelets: "Swiss freedom" being a notion of high prestige. Why not a US of unified republics, federations, cherishing same ideals? French Quebec, Louisiana, Spanish speaking California and Cuba...
Bruce
Admittedly I thought it was Swiss-style politics and not explicit/official multilingualism like the OP wondered about.
Actually, the US with a lot of Swiss canton-style cantons and politics sounds like it would be interesting to see.