Post by iolar on Jul 17, 2024 10:01:30 GMT 1
When I came back from living in the Netherlands in 81 I was struck by just how much racism there was in the UK. It wasn't that it had changed much in 2 years but living in a ghetto in Rotterdam I had been confronted head on with the outright racism by mostly working class white Dutch.
I had become a champion of supporting immigrant workers and a PITA of bosses who were deliberately biased against immigrants> At the end it fell to me to either support the beginning of a race riot or not. Looking at the solid support behind me I knew that if a riot started some of those men behind me would die and I wasn't sure at all that it would be of any benefit at the finish. I gave them my opinion and they agreed, so it didn'ty happen- I left the Netherlands within days.
It was when I got home that I realised there was the same reality in the UK. It took a few months but I came to understand how this working class racism came about. At the behest of big business, immigration was encouraged - to benefit big business and profits. What effect this mass immigration would have on the lives of working people was never given any thought at all. Suddenly whole neighbourhoods were overwhelmed with people who had a completely different mindset. The working class were supposed to suck it all up and keep quiet - they didn't.
It hasn't changed much today. The most conservative class in all societies is the working class, they are the ones who bear the brunt of all changes in societies and they are the ones who pay the price - Brexit was no surprise nor the vote for Reform.
Where do immigrants come from - from countries created by colonialism, looted for assets and abandoned and loaded with debts they can never repay, where proxy wars are fought for white western countries. The most advanced and democratic country in the Middle East - Iran destroyed by MI6 and the CIA - enter the Ayatollahs. Afghanistan - who created,funded and armed the Taliban - the CIA. Who set up the heroin traffiking routes from the Golden Triangle - the CIA, because Congress refused to give them more funding.
Who are the ones responsible for most home break-ins, easy - junkies and most of them are white and home grown.
I had become a champion of supporting immigrant workers and a PITA of bosses who were deliberately biased against immigrants> At the end it fell to me to either support the beginning of a race riot or not. Looking at the solid support behind me I knew that if a riot started some of those men behind me would die and I wasn't sure at all that it would be of any benefit at the finish. I gave them my opinion and they agreed, so it didn'ty happen- I left the Netherlands within days.
It was when I got home that I realised there was the same reality in the UK. It took a few months but I came to understand how this working class racism came about. At the behest of big business, immigration was encouraged - to benefit big business and profits. What effect this mass immigration would have on the lives of working people was never given any thought at all. Suddenly whole neighbourhoods were overwhelmed with people who had a completely different mindset. The working class were supposed to suck it all up and keep quiet - they didn't.
It hasn't changed much today. The most conservative class in all societies is the working class, they are the ones who bear the brunt of all changes in societies and they are the ones who pay the price - Brexit was no surprise nor the vote for Reform.
Where do immigrants come from - from countries created by colonialism, looted for assets and abandoned and loaded with debts they can never repay, where proxy wars are fought for white western countries. The most advanced and democratic country in the Middle East - Iran destroyed by MI6 and the CIA - enter the Ayatollahs. Afghanistan - who created,funded and armed the Taliban - the CIA. Who set up the heroin traffiking routes from the Golden Triangle - the CIA, because Congress refused to give them more funding.
Who are the ones responsible for most home break-ins, easy - junkies and most of them are white and home grown.