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Why is forced assimilation destined to fail?

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It entails major psychological changes & severing emotional ties.
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We can easily define the ¨forced assimilation¨ as cultural genocide or Ethnocide, so only knowing the meaning of this term, already let us know that is not a viable path to take in the medium and long term, for different reasons:

-The human rights are clearly violated in this way to impose believes, and all the patterns placed to follow, are against the free expression of each individual.

-The history has shown us in different cultures, that the extreme repression never leads to a good ending, the unsatisfaction generated by drastic and cruel changes imposed by new conquerors normally ends in confrontations, wars, and serious social conflicts.

-Normally the aspects to modify with the ¨forced assimilation¨ are language, identity, values, traditions, mentality, way of life, ideology and religion, which are clearly basic and fundamental aspects to be respected in an individual way of life , violating them normally leads to a general and considerable unsatisfaction by all the repressed people.

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