Party Vibe

I’m not surprised racism is on the rise as young people are constantly told “you must compete with india/china” (or immigrants in their own countries) for jobs, and this competition is indeed ruthless.

It is driven by the market demands of the older generation – consumers driving down prices and bosses driving down wages (ironically many of the same lot who outwardly claim to be patriotic)

Of course youths are going to end up hating their perceived rivals – thats what competition is all about, in the same way some footballers hate their rivals (or even their team mates) to the point where they will often try physical violence against them if it isn’t for the presence of refs or security or even the cops!

Its certainly starting to bite at street level as even people who normally were quite internationalist like ravers are getting angry when they see easy jobs going to immigrants (but often because immigrants are more likely to work weekends).

Also a lot of people get envious when they see people from other countries who have studied and worked hard getting decent jobs and a lot of money.

Its not always ignorance either, its the anger and hate of the loser straight from the heart as they have lost the race to others. This is the flipside of ruthless capitalism.

I’m not sure if there is an easy solution though – socialism can be equally totalitarian. A social democratic nation which balances the demands of the market with society is a good idea, but the European nations which have had such a government have themselves introduced more social control and yet still turned to the right at recent democratic elections.

I think thats all part of the same thing – once again its competition, this time for resources.

These countries became “enemies” since the mid 1970s when they started asserting themselves and increasing up the price of oil rather than just selling it cheaply to the West.

Then there has also been a backlash in the Islamic world who feel they are being exploited because of this oil (although their own leaders don’t help matters). Many Western countries have a lot of influential middle eastern businessmen, they have families and particularly young male children who are fighting back in a different way (leading to Islamic radicalism), and ironically the West often indirectly arms these countries as no one wants to turn down a lucrative arms deal

Its can be horribly complicated as one year a country is an ally and next year its an enemy (for instance Saddam Hussein was supported by the West for many years) but deep down I think its just a fight over money and power and religion is used as a smokescreen.

You often don’t hear people saying “bomb the Inuits” or “Nuke outer mongolia” because there isn’t any oil in their countries (well there may be oil in Outer Mongolia but the Chinese will have it).