White supremacy & "white nationalism"
The two are essentially the same, it's just that "white nationalism" is an attempt to sound better.
But both are spurred by the same thing: the idea (fact!) that in a few decades, whites will no longer be the majority in America.
That's why they are anti-immigrant. And anti-non-white.
What they avoid thinking about is that short of mass sterilization or pogroms, it *is* going to happen. at best they could delay it a few years.
BTW, it might be fun arguing with them that they should *want* free birth control for minorities. It'd slow down the demographic shift. :-)
What they very carefully don't think about much less *talk* about is that the reason they are afraid is that they don't want to be treated the way *they* treat minorities. This includes giving up "white privilege".
Which makes the *real* solution almost *literally* unthinkable. Change the laws so that minorities get equal rights. That way, when (no *if*) they become a minority, they won't get discriminated against.
Of course, either way, they will no longer have white privilege so that makes it a harder sell.
But realistically, there's no way that's not going to happen eventually. And the more drastic the measures they take to try to prevent it, the worse the backlash will be.
I *hope* we can avoid a second civil war. But I'm not that optimistic.
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But both are spurred by the same thing: the idea (fact!) that in a few decades, whites will no longer be the majority in America.
That's why they are anti-immigrant. And anti-non-white.
What they avoid thinking about is that short of mass sterilization or pogroms, it *is* going to happen. at best they could delay it a few years.
BTW, it might be fun arguing with them that they should *want* free birth control for minorities. It'd slow down the demographic shift. :-)
What they very carefully don't think about much less *talk* about is that the reason they are afraid is that they don't want to be treated the way *they* treat minorities. This includes giving up "white privilege".
Which makes the *real* solution almost *literally* unthinkable. Change the laws so that minorities get equal rights. That way, when (no *if*) they become a minority, they won't get discriminated against.
Of course, either way, they will no longer have white privilege so that makes it a harder sell.
But realistically, there's no way that's not going to happen eventually. And the more drastic the measures they take to try to prevent it, the worse the backlash will be.
I *hope* we can avoid a second civil war. But I'm not that optimistic.
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