kvetch
Devout UK Hindu-Jew
we have seen examples of german, rwandan, turkish, arab and other genocides
and even in israel which should be immune, placards saying "kill all the arabs"
so why and what grips such people all over the world; in times of trauma, usually
here's my neutral opinion...based on a lifetime of deep enquiry!
HUMANS ARE TRIBAL ANIMALS
when under threat, real or perceived, we all have a collective "fight or flight" response
this is very deep; on a survival level
i believe, with Jung, that we have a tribal unconscious psyche in our depths
in early human hunter gatherer times; when there wasn't enough food for all
it was often a question of either our tribe or the other will survive
and that big button is what gets hit when we are under threat.
this is particularly true for Jews who have a deep justified paranoia based on real recent genocide against them by hitler, and centuries of persecution.
so out comes the holocaust card at any, even moderate threat to jews or israel
arabs too are very thin skinned; they have much of saudi desert tribal culture mixed into islam and unreformed
the politics of so called "race" and immigration is full of tribal talk....that tribe is stealin our jobs, swamping us, stealin our women etc just as if we were still in the stone age
i believe any country or nation could turn genocidal, given the right condition
and as the west declines and its economy shrinks...a long term trend, i fear
the xenophobia is bound to increase
we all need to be aware of where xenophobia comes from
then we can combat it more effectively
any angry and wounded talk of "them or us" can lead to genocide...
it is only a question of degree; and it exists in us all
and even in israel which should be immune, placards saying "kill all the arabs"
so why and what grips such people all over the world; in times of trauma, usually
here's my neutral opinion...based on a lifetime of deep enquiry!
HUMANS ARE TRIBAL ANIMALS
when under threat, real or perceived, we all have a collective "fight or flight" response
this is very deep; on a survival level
i believe, with Jung, that we have a tribal unconscious psyche in our depths
in early human hunter gatherer times; when there wasn't enough food for all
it was often a question of either our tribe or the other will survive
and that big button is what gets hit when we are under threat.
this is particularly true for Jews who have a deep justified paranoia based on real recent genocide against them by hitler, and centuries of persecution.
so out comes the holocaust card at any, even moderate threat to jews or israel
arabs too are very thin skinned; they have much of saudi desert tribal culture mixed into islam and unreformed
the politics of so called "race" and immigration is full of tribal talk....that tribe is stealin our jobs, swamping us, stealin our women etc just as if we were still in the stone age
i believe any country or nation could turn genocidal, given the right condition
and as the west declines and its economy shrinks...a long term trend, i fear
the xenophobia is bound to increase
we all need to be aware of where xenophobia comes from
then we can combat it more effectively
any angry and wounded talk of "them or us" can lead to genocide...
it is only a question of degree; and it exists in us all
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