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I don't understand this logic. Are you saying that if ethnic European people are exposed to Africans or Arabs they will by default become racists? Or that if people are exposed to communism they will by default become Nazis?


The poster is saying that, short term, social change (immigration or political upheaval) brings about a reaction in favor of what is seen as conservative or hardline traditionalists. In many European countries this is a shift to the right. For example Hitler's rise to power was probably aided by Communists attempting to seize power. I'm not sure this is a general rule.


That's mainly because Iceland doesn't have the insane, self-destructive immigration policies a lot of other European countries are currently practicing

Ah, so they have a much more open policy allowing free movement of labour? That is far saner!


It worked for the US and Europe for 100 years of peace after Napoleon - there were no passports and there was free movement of labor. Were they all insane? Were they less sane than we are now, x-raying people before they pass a virtual line on a map?




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