Comparing the US to Switzerland or Japan is one thing, but how about comparing it to what is probably the most similar country in the world, Canada? As I pointed out on CE, both the overall murder rate and the murder rate by firearms are much lower in Canada than the US.
It's a bit harder to measure cultural diversity, but Canada has a much higher number of new citizens per capita than the US (6.5 per thousand vs 3.0 per thousand - NationMaster.
In the US, 95% of the population is considered to be English-speaking, while in Canada it is only 52%, and even after subtracting Quebec it is only about 75%.
In many Vancouver schools, over 50% of students do not have English as their home language -in one typical high school students were 50% Chinese, 15% East Indian, 7% Vietnamese, 7% Hispanic and 15% Caucasian.
Homogeneity, Mr. B.?
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Colliding cultures, melting pots, etc
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