xc2215x@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoNumber of people who say Britons must be ‘born British’ is rising, study shows | British identity and societywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down14 cross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
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minus-squareTyphoonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·2 months agoWhen things get tough and people get anxious their bigotries come out. Nationalism and right-wing ideologies always take off in times of stress.
minus-squaregAlienLifeform@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 months agoYeah, bigotry is basically an autoimmune disorder of the body politic
minus-squareCalmChaos72@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThis seems so simple and obvious, but I never thought of it that way. Well said!
minus-squareMurrayL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoBecause people want (need?) someone to blame, and the easiest person to blame is someone who isn’t like themselves.
When things get tough and people get anxious their bigotries come out. Nationalism and right-wing ideologies always take off in times of stress.
Yeah, bigotry is basically an autoimmune disorder of the body politic
This seems so simple and obvious, but I never thought of it that way. Well said!
Because people want (need?) someone to blame, and the easiest person to blame is someone who isn’t like themselves.