So due to the recent tragic event, it raised the concerns and questions of Europe's increasing glaring issue at the failure to assimilate its immigrants into their culture/ways of thinking. If you're for or against that, I dunno, but that's beside the point.

My point is, how is the US so effective at it. The Muslim population (and others in general) in the US has been shown time and time again to be culturally assimilated into the US lifestyle, and way of thinking. Why is that? What is the driving factor that does such a thing? Is it the American Dream? Many immigrants still clearly believe in that, though the domestic population would probably argue otherwise at this point.

Anyone have any accurate guesses or knowledge they'd like to share? I just find it really interesting is all, so if I made a mistake, apologies.

I read an interesting article. Here's an excerpt.

Compared with Europe, the U.S. attracts more immigrants who share the dominant faith. (Imagine if Mexicans built mosques.) An economy that, until recently, had lots of entry-level jobs has made it easier for immigrants to find work. American schools generally provide students second chances, while Europeans are more likely to leave stragglers on vocational tracks. The U.S. also had Martin Luther King Jr.—the civil-rights movement, cresting just before the current mass migration started, bequeathed a robust apparatus for promoting opportunity. And American culture sells, in all its tawdriness and splendor. In Europe, the children of immigrants sometimes cling to the Old Country more than their parents do: sons import brides. In the U.S., the bigger danger is assimilating too fast: children get fat eating french fries and watching TV.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/11/assimilation-nation/309518/

Nationalism maybe? One thing I've noticed about immigrants in the US is that can get behind the cause of America. You get people of all different colours and backgrounds representing and supporting one country and one flag, I don't sense that in European countries.

One flag to rule them all.

I think it's because the US is made up of a shit ton of diverse people too from all sorts of countries. That might help it, along with America having this connotation of a better opportunity if you come over. If you read about the history of the US in the early 1900's, it really starts to sprout up and you see the American Dream thing being formed.

And if you're coming in from the Atlantic, seeing the Statue of Liberty as you come in by boat is a huge message of the whole freedom and opportunity message too if you ask me.

Also, you should all reconsider the Rome comparisons I've made in the past.

Pax Americana, baby.

America is the new Rome is my meme thank you very much.

But yeah, there have been a handful of Pax *insert here*. Pax Britannia, Pax Mongolica, Pax Europaea. It's more of a general and loose term at this point. I'd have said Pax American was more a thing after the Cold War ended, and up until 9/11.

We get immigrants, not "refugees".

This has been an issue in Europe for a while, not just this sudden refugee surge.