in large part, Irish descendants in the US have assimilated into US culture and with it, adopted classical western values. However there are still pockets of ghetto culture where hedonism remain. This is evident by those communities where alcoholism, drug abuse, lack of education, and single parent households are the norm.
The point of the study was, that these characteristics are not inborn - they are learned. And they can be unlearned. It took the Irish 150 years to assimilate into American culture, but once we took hold of it, we flourished. Anybody can do this. It requires a massive overhaul of whatever primitive, tribal culture they started with, however. If they aren't willing to vigorously reject their tribal prejudices and weaknesses and fully embrace Americanism (rugged individualism, Protestant work ethic, thrift, and Christian values), then they don't flourish. You can see a stark difference between those immigrant groups who made that choice, and those among their descendants who have not.
Northern Ireland does have some of the characteristics of a failure culture
So have the friggin Scots, somehow
But what about Irish in the US?
in large part, Irish descendants in the US have assimilated into US culture and with it, adopted classical western values. However there are still pockets of ghetto culture where hedonism remain. This is evident by those communities where alcoholism, drug abuse, lack of education, and single parent households are the norm.
The point of the study was, that these characteristics are not inborn - they are learned. And they can be unlearned. It took the Irish 150 years to assimilate into American culture, but once we took hold of it, we flourished. Anybody can do this. It requires a massive overhaul of whatever primitive, tribal culture they started with, however. If they aren't willing to vigorously reject their tribal prejudices and weaknesses and fully embrace Americanism (rugged individualism, Protestant work ethic, thrift, and Christian values), then they don't flourish. You can see a stark difference between those immigrant groups who made that choice, and those among their descendants who have not.