Since it's topical - let's talk about race and ethnic versus civic nationalism.
"Rishi Sunak isn't even British!"
"Rishi Sunak isn't even British!"
Is Rishi Sunak British? Yes, he is - in the technical, legal sense. Of course, someone could pass a law tomorrow that said that you had to have at least 50% (Or maybe more?) Northern European DNA to actually "be" British, and I'm sure if such a law was passed ...
... it would not elicit a pleasant response from the type of person who is correcting our "racist" caller; i.e. the law does not dictate what's right or wrong, so the technicality that our current system classifies Sunak as British doesn't really matter here.
We can look at a list of Prime Ministers of India to see whether India values ethnicity in choosing its leaders, and, well, there's certainly a pattern of Indian leaders not just being technically (legally) Indian but also Ethnically Indian:
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You can also look at India's current cabinet and ministers of state.
You know what, there are zero "technically Indian" people here. They're all a combination of technically (legally) Indian, and also ethnically Indian.
india.gov.in
You know what, there are zero "technically Indian" people here. They're all a combination of technically (legally) Indian, and also ethnically Indian.
india.gov.in
We see a lot of "nontechnical" Indians here.
Nobody is going to call in to an Indian political talk show and accuse these people of not being Indian!
Nobody is going to call in to an Indian political talk show and accuse these people of not being Indian!
But why would anyone want to be led by someone of the same ethnicity as them?
Wouldn't it make sense to just pick the best person for the job, irrespective of ethnicity?
India even has a Minister of Social Justice (looks like another Ethnic Indian though ...)
Wouldn't it make sense to just pick the best person for the job, irrespective of ethnicity?
India even has a Minister of Social Justice (looks like another Ethnic Indian though ...)
Are these Indians who lack ethnic diversity in their national leadership racists? Is the Indian Minister of Social Justice a racist? 🤔
Why would anyone want to match ethnicities in power relationships?
Both the racist caller to LBC and the people of India want to surrender political power to a co-ethnic rather than some random person who may be better qualified, more intelligent, etc.
Both the racist caller to LBC and the people of India want to surrender political power to a co-ethnic rather than some random person who may be better qualified, more intelligent, etc.
There are two possibilities here:
(1) Ethnic matching doesn't matter in politics
(2) Ethnic matching matters in politics
Why might it matter? Well, people might be more prone to help co-ethnics, especially if that can be done sneakily. It's plausible.
(1) Ethnic matching doesn't matter in politics
(2) Ethnic matching matters in politics
Why might it matter? Well, people might be more prone to help co-ethnics, especially if that can be done sneakily. It's plausible.
But it's also possible that it doesn't matter.
If it does matter, then there's a legitimate interest in building an ethnostate.
If it does matter, then there's a legitimate interest in building an ethnostate.
If it doesn't, then our LBC caller is simply mistaken - as are many like him, like everyone who lives in India due to their bizarre and suboptimal choice to always elect ethnic Indians to office
But if this tendency to ethnic politics is a mistake, why is it so common?
It's very hard to provide an explanation of the world where the vast majority of people engage in ethnopolitics mistakenly.
The standard response to this is to invoke snarl words like "racism" or "nazi"
It's very hard to provide an explanation of the world where the vast majority of people engage in ethnopolitics mistakenly.
The standard response to this is to invoke snarl words like "racism" or "nazi"
So, does Britain have a better future as an Ethnostate or as a Civic Nation?
I think the most likely path is a continuation of CivNat which will increasingly damage the country, along with the rest of Europe (all will likely do the same thing).
I think the most likely path is a continuation of CivNat which will increasingly damage the country, along with the rest of Europe (all will likely do the same thing).
... however there is a very slim chance that someone competent and brave takes over and turns Britain into something like Israel for British people, i.e. citizenship depends on DNA (this is the only other stable solution - there's no halfway house that lasts)
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