The aspect of "racism" that is offensive is the idea that..." the lifestyle and opportunity of an individual SHOULD BE determined by their ethnic background and genetic inheritance."
The "should be" is very important because racism is an ideology of shared values - of shared distrust in other traditions and tribes.
If I come off resenting
Central Banks-Financial Hammer being the exclusive property (lifestyle, opportunity) of a few particular "races," this is actually anti-racist.
Decky wrote:Show me someone who does not dislike the French and I will show you a liar.
Oxymoron wrote:If you are not racist, then you are a liar. Tribalism is the most human trait of them all, the only difference between us and SS is extremity of our actions not our beliefs.
Tribalism is a natural human trait. But defining your tribe by "race" is a product of organized religion, monarchy, and modern propaganda. The tribes are now defined by the economic opportunities they have and the place where this economic "tribe" find themselves collectively on the socially stratified ladder.
In traditional societies, your "tribe" are simply the group of nomads you travel with and bare children with. Exclusive hoarding of trust funds, splashy Price-is-Right birthday parties and studying abroad for decades... are very far from the original purpose of tribalism.
Racism is the sick perversion of tribalism that is promoted and maintained by the 1%. In the Modern World, racism is fabricated by mass media and wars of choice.