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(03-28-2017, 10:20 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: *** 29-Mar-17 World View -- Asians in Paris, France, riot for two nights after police kill Chinese man
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As I've been writing for over ten years, America and much of the world
are in a generational Crisis era, which is always accompanied by a
rise in nationalism and xenophobia.  The survivors of World War II
were well aware how dangerous nationalism and xenophobia can be, and
they put in place rules and institutions to prevent it from occurring
again.

This past weekend was the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the
Treaty of Rome that formed the basis for the European Union.  In 1957,
the traumatized leaders of the day had suffered through two world wars
in Europe, and were determined to form a new unified Europe that would
guarantee that no such war would occur again.  Few people are missing
the irony that Britain was missing for the weekend's celebration of
the Treaty of Rome, since Britain, one of the original signers, is
leaving the EU because of the Brexit vote.

Nationalism and xenophobia are extremely dangerous, but as the
survivors of the previous generational crisis war die off, the younger
generations have no fear of nationalism and xenophobia, and they begin
to increase again, eventually leading to a new generational crisis
war.  I've documented numerous examples in country after country of
the rise of xenophobia and nationalism in the current generational
Crisis era -- the rise of xenophobia and nationalism.  This has
happened in China vs Japan, China vs Vietnam, India vs Pakistan,
Europe vis-à-vis the Muslims and the Roma, and America vis-à-vis the
Muslims and the Mexicans.  These attitudes cannot be stopped.  They
come from masses of people, not from the leaders, whose job becomes to
deal with these populist attitudes in a way that does the least amount
of damage.



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And... So, John, here's why I'm a nationalist:  Have you ever considered that globalism has totally ruined the lives of lots of Americans?  As some may recall, I lost my job to some stupid H1-B. I think a better way of expressing the drivers of nationalism are resentment towards elites, my own economic distress caused by globalism.  Nationalism is the solution to that. It's not perfect, but the only way I see to address said resentments. In fact, I'd like the US to become an economic autarky. The US has a sufficient array of technology and natural resources to go that way. The way I see it, is that the elites would suffer greatly from autarky. It goes like this John, they fucked me over and I want revenge and a chance at something better. Face it, if you're a prole, the current arrangement has lots of better outcomes.  And... so I say again, shut down the MIC! I really don't give a shit if the shipping lanes are not defended by my tax dollars. If the exporting nations want to send their crap here, let THEM PAY, and if not, just let the whole rotten system collapse.

Fuck the MIC, fuck the oligarchies who benefit from my tax dollars going to defend THEIR shipping lanes. If said oligarchies want to import crap, LET THEM PAY, I want nothing of it. In fact, I opt out as much as I can to further the cause of collapse.  The US is just like the Soviet Union. The elites serve only themselves, period.  So.. I think elite overreach is the proximate cause of nationalism/xenophobia.