Racism and collectivism

There is no surprise that a political party existing on the foundation of ethnicity and malice towards immigrants do have some xenophobe’s among their ranks. But if you stop for a moment and really look around you will find that prejudice is a very common occurrence among a great number of groups. If you listen to the dialogue among construction workers or go out on the floor in some big plant, you will hear a lot of things that could be regarded as pure racism. So when some journalists make a “reviling” segment about a political party holding resentments against immigrants that’s hardly news and it will also not have the desired effect they are looking for. People will not stop voting for some brainless primates who make jokes about refugees just because some news reporter makes us all go; Duh!

What’s really missing in this equation is the real reason behind the collectivizing of humans and consequently the racism that comes with it. And the thing missing in the everyday analyze and among the journalists is the reason that’s spells; collectivism. Only the thought of collectivize some people together in a pile and naming them something and then contribute them with certain attributes can create something like racism. Well there is also the common idiot, but that’s mainly the same thing. In other words as soon as we start making something into us-against-them we can be creating resentments and in the end racism. We should stop putting one group against the other and regard ourselves as humans and individuals instead of making everything about adversaries. There are a lot of groups guilty of that thinking and some examples are feminists, socialists, religious groups and football teams. And there is no surprise that the most hideous regimes of all times have been arguing the us-against-them idiocy, because it works. You listen to it. You think is makes sense. And you are an idiot.

Another reason that fallows on the back on the first one is that our welfare system has led us to believe that there is a certain cake baked and this cake can only be divided in a certain amount of ways and to a certain amount of people. So when some outsider pops up, running from some war or oppression, we don’t really want to share. It’s ours. Why should some stranger with a silly name have a bite? Doesn’t seem fair.

And to this we add the fear. Old people that never have met a black person before suddenly wake up having black kids that looks like those thugs on TV standing at the street corner listening to strange music. A shop owner abruptly finding himself in the presence of a girl applying for a job wearing a burqha will have lots of things going thru his mind. And politicians and other officials react in a strange behavior, banning the use of national flags or telling us not to sing certain songs because it might be offensive against our new citizens. No one saying anything about it, because if you do, you are a racist. But inside many people resentment will have planted another seed.

Of course political parties will grow on this fear and collective thinking and of course people are going to vote for them. As long as the majority of people on this planet (yes, I’m collectivizing you all) believe in the notion of collectivism and the joyfulness of welfare, racism will exist and thrive.