I think it important that we adopt culturist principles and the word culturism. For that reason I am posting this response to illustrate an application of culturism. You can learn more at www.culturism.us

This post is in response to NOamNasty’s article about Arabs buying American assets

We have to be able to use culturist common sense here. Cultures are important. They affect action. In our fear to not be racist we have dedicated ourselves to being blind to culture. This is dangerous.

If Arab countries or people from them want to invest in America we should not have a problem with it. But building mosques is not an investment. Just as Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations forbid building churches, we have a right to forbid foregin funding of building mosques. If local people want to do so that should be allowed. But foreign building of mosques is not investment, it is an act of cultural aggression.

If Arab countries or citizens of those countries want to buy shoe stores we should have no problem with that. If they want to invest in our real estate market we should have no problem with that. Neither of these involve national security risks. But we should NOT allow them to have anything to do with the airline industry or our ports. Muslims should not be allowed to work at nuclear facilities. They should not be border agents.

This is not racism. It is culturism. We have wisely decided to try to eradicate racism in our country. But this effort combined with our idea that rights are without context and universal has led us to not be willing to discriminate on the basis of national origin, religion or political affiliation. We are committed to being blind to a host of very important variables based on the idea that culture is not important; all people uphold Western ideals of democracy and rights, hard work and respect for women. But since cultural diversity is real, culturism is necessary.

There are areas where the cultural background of the investor is not important. But where national security is at stake we must be permitted to employ culturist common sense.