Current Events > I don't understand white nationalists/supremacists

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They take the accomplishments of their ancestors who they are barely even related to. It's the same as a chinese being proud of the great wall or an egyptian being proud of the pyramids even though they have no relation to the people who built them.

They think the white race is disappearing because the percentage of whites on the globe is decreasing. Considering that most of the population growth is happening in developing countries this makes sense. The same happened during the industrial revolution, but eventually the developed nations will see stagnation in population growth.

Not all white people are the same, have the same goals, view the world in the same way so why would anyone care about preserving a race? It's very tribal mentality that doesn't make sense in today's age.

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." Lyndon B. Johnson
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Its not so much that the Whites think they are so great, but they think the others are so terrible.
Like instead of being proud of white people for all our achievements, they are disgusted by the bad role models in rap and the baby-daddies in jail and the essays who get their orders wrong at McDonald's.
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They are people who take pride in their dna and it will always be like that. I know I can never ever do that again.

tribalism is normal.

white supramacy is not.
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The snarky take is they latch onto the achievements of dead white empires because they themselves haven't done shit.

But really, there's a degree to which racial divides, especially in the U.S., have been engineered to prevent working class solidarity. See that Johnson quote, or MLK's speech at Selma.
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people that are impressionable and insecure, convinced that they're being victimized and intent on finding any factors, no matter how insignificant or rooted in bias, they deem relevant

anything that prevents proper introspection and self-awareness

it's the typical trait found in most extremists
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It's just the opposite extreme of SJWs that demonize them because of what their ancestors did.
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White nationalists want the US and western european countries to be something like Japan or China... racially and culturally homogenous, with very few cultural and/or ethnic minorities.

They think that all the races in the world have a country that is their own, except for whites.
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frozen you are right,
but white nationalistism is basically an American movement.
in Europe its all about ethno state for nationalists.


white nationalists have no basis to claim US being white because there were also African Americans and Natives since the founding of the nation.
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Yeah I don't really get it either. I saw a letter to the editor that basically listed a bunch a accomplishments of western society, contrasted against the accomplishments of natives, basically saying that the natives need to get with the times. I was like, those aren't even your accomplishments man
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RECON64bit posted...

Not all white people are the same, have the same goals, view the world in the same way so why would anyone care about preserving a race? It's very tribal mentality that doesn't make sense in today's age.

Yup. Just because someone is your color doesn't make them your kind.
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Teen Girl Squad posted...

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." Lyndon B. Johnson

And if I'm not mistaken LBJ was a scary
mother fucker.

That's some crazy good perspective though.
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Antifar posted...

But really, there's a degree to which racial divides, especially in the U.S., have been engineered to prevent working class solidarity. See that Johnson quote, or MLK's speech at Selma.

It is hardly only a US phenomenon. For all the right in this country sees Merkel as the great evil, she is center-right in Germany. I think a big part of why she brings refugees in is to undermine labor markets. She is constantly talking about how social programs are too generous in Germany.

RECON64bit posted...

They think the white race is disappearing because the percentage of whites on the globe is decreasing.

When did this start becoming a trend?
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DoomSwell posted...

Its not so much that the Whites think they are so great, but they think the others are so terrible.
Like instead of being proud of white people for all our achievements, they are disgusted by the bad role models in rap and the baby-daddies in jail and the essays who get their orders wrong at McDonald's.

Yeah, white supremacism is much more about hate for others than pride for themselves. You can see it in everything they say and do.
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What's wrong with trying to preserve our heritage?
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