That nations will and should form alliances is just so basic I have to completely discount the mental ability of anyone who thinks otherwise.
There is present in all countries and within all segments of every population certain segments who are bigots -- against and generally hating anything different from what they happen to be -- misogynist if male, anti-male if female; racist if any race except their own, homophobic if straight and against "breeders" if gay; always anti-foreigner and anti-immigration; extremely patriotic (actually the word is jingoist since patriotism is a noble emotion); even thinking (without knowing others) that their particular language is the most beautiful and expressive in the world.
These are the people you find voting for demagogues like Trump and much of the Brexit support. These are the ones who insist o their "right" to have a gun and who are homophobic and racist and anti-immigration and "true" Christians or Muslim terrorists. In short, these are the people who carry out things like the Holocaust -- they are Fascists.
I speak of this from a Cambodia/American, and I fear it is coming to America and Europe. In fact I am terrified.
No comments:
Post a Comment