Just an observation, many people like to see themselves a part from their origin and culture, and identify themselves to others which is not from their origins. Nazism are are not only among wite north america and Europeans, but also among brown people in Brazil and Indonesia who feel more belonging with the Nazism ideology and German past than to the history, politics, ideologies of the culture where they came from. The same with young European from Europeans families running from home to join Islamic fundamentalists in Syria.
You make it sound like racism and tribalism are an inevitable part of human nature. I disagree. Racism and tribalism are certainly a part of human nature, but not an inevitable part of it. It can be otherwise. In India, they like to divide society up into castes. It's a weird social construct, and very dysfunctional. It creates a lot of pain, loss of opportunity, and injustice. But it is a worldview and social system which has contingently evolved there. In Islamic countries, racism is not really an issue, but religious bigotry is. If you are not a Muslim, and specifically the right sect (Shiite, Sunni, etc...), you are considered a second class citizen and even your life cannot be protected by the state. You are considered something less than human.
So here we have our version of all this: racism. And nationalism. Heck, nationalism was not even a thing until the 19th century. There is nothing inevitable about any of these weird social constructs we humans make. The question is whether we have the smarts to be able to see beyond how contingent and transient they are, and be able to move beyond the injustice and pain and dysfunction such dysfunctional mindsets and worldviews create. It's not impossible. But admittedly, it can be difficult. It requires a lot of education. And that's expensive and difficult.
So difficult, and probably unlikely, that we are going to get all those angry, forlorn, uneducated young men to change their hateful worldviews. But that doesn't mean it's inevitable or impossible.
The French Guiana is a territory located in South America with a probably the highest number of people with madness problem. Politically speaking it is Frence (territoire d'outre mer). People born there have French citizenship, they use the Euro currency there, and all the french laws are applied there. Just like Hawaii is to the US. But despite the fact in French Guiana schools they learn they are French and their history being as the origin from the Francs in Europe, such education and view get in conflict with their own culture and they way they are seen as outsiders in Europe. This create a confusion about where they belong and it cause deep psychological problems leading to madness.
stop lying.
You're making the association, what's the diff. Nothing! You remind me of Dick Durbin, comparing our troop in Gitmo to Nazis. The fact that you venture into that area at all says a lot about you.
Once every few months another low-functioning alt.right type comes in here saying that the word 'socialism' in Nazi means they were left-of-center. Some of them go so far as to say the government implementing wartime economic measures proves it.
For instance, an outright Nazi party Jobbik that is known for its support for the establishment of concentration camps for Hungarian Gypsies is quite a force among other parties in Hungary's parliament. And this is not the only instance. The entire Europe has been swept by a wave of nationalism. The same applies to Latvian All for Latvia! nationalist party that is known to glorify Latvian Legion of the Waffen-SS, Sweden Democrats advocating for limited resettlement from non-European countries to the territory of Sweden, as well as, German far-right party Alternative for Germany and Greek ultra-nationalist party Golden Dawn also known for their radical views. This list can be extended indefinitely.
A Hungarian European Parliament member who belongs to the nationalist opposition Jobbik party has been charged with spying on European Union institutions for Russia, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
The charges against Bela Kovacs, which include using forged private documents, stem from an investigation dating from April 2014, when Hungarian authorities first reported the suspected espionage and filed for his immunity to be lifted.
“This was followed by declaring reasonable suspicion, the essence of which was that the member of parliament had been involved in espionage on behalf of a foreign state for its secret service,” the prosecutors said in a statement.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ep-with-spying-on-eu-for-russia-idUSKBN1E01CH
What about comparing the US intelligence services to Nazi Germany? That okay with you? 'Cause that's what Cheeto Mussolini said.
Among other blatantly anti-American slurs.
Looks now like he might have been right, given all that's coming out.
Sure. Cultural differences will always be there. I mean, heck, we even have big cultural differences between Texas and New York. Heck, we even have cultural differences between Austin and Houston in the same state. Heck, anyone who has been married knows that there are big cultural differences even between the family you grew up in and the family your spouse grew up in, even if you guys grew up in the same neighborhood. Sometimes if may feel like you are from different countries and speaking different languages.
The point is not that cultural differences do not exist or should cease to exist. The point is whether you think they are insurmountable and conflict will always be inevitable. My point is that cultural conflicts, whether between people or between nations, don't have to be necessarily always a cause of conflict. A little education, understanding, tolerance, and empathy go a long way to bridge those divides. It makes for a more sane and livable world.
These nationalist parties across Europe are controlled and funded by Russia as the rise of populist, pro-Russia political parties is so convenient for Moscow. For instance, a member of Hungary's Jobbik party has been charged with spying on European Union institutions for Russia. The right-wing populist Alternative for Germany party is also seeking closer ties with Moscow as is the case with France's National Front. Last year, President Vladimir Putin welcomed Marine le Pen, the leader of the National Front (FN), in Moscow. France's National Front received a 9m euro (£6.9m) loan from a Russian bank in 2014. Jobbik in Hungary, Golden Dawn in Greece, and the Northern League in Italy are known to be funded by Russia, too. The AfD and FN support the seizure of Crimea from Ukraine, for which Russia has been facing economic sanctions.
Arrgh?
Looks like the US intelligence services are like Nazi Germany? How so?
You're making the association, what's the diff. Nothing! You remind me of Dick Durbin, comparing our troop in Gitmo to Nazis. The fact that you venture into that area at all says a lot about you.
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