It's probably all true but one thing you cannot discuss rationally is the idea that Europe somehow "descends" as it acquires more cultures.

This place was always multi-culti ~ for thousands and thousands of years.

Oh, yeah, there's one other thing you can't discuss rationally and that is the idea that Europe somehow "ascends" or improves as it sheds itself of cultures.

The destruction of the Jews and Gypsies spring to mind in that regard.

This thing needs a much better title, and that picture of the writer? Why did they pick a guy who looks just like the actor who plays the evil Tarlton.

It isn't a question of the quantity of cultures, but the quality of cultures.

Importing Confucius is not the same as importing Muhammad.