Sunday, August 11, 2019
Who benefits from trying to rid the world of stereotypes?
Who
has a problem with stereotypes? Perhaps we should look to who
benefits from trying to rid the world of stereotypes? Variety is
good, evolution counts on variety, and stereotypes are often
generally accurate based on indwelling bio-social traits useful in
making quick decisions, which Burke called “prejudice----as long as
we know that people and things can fall through the cracks; for
example, genius can turn up literally anywhere in any stereotypical
ethnic group.
Stereotyping says such
things as: the Irish like both fun and sadness, the Scandinavians
like stoicism, neither fun nor sadness, Germans are straight
forward---in warrior societies little lies can get the whole group
killed which probably relates to the old truth-talking warrior
mentality, Southern Europeans prefer more indirect communication, Jews are stereotypically thought of as sharp money-grubbers, and East Asians are seen as even more stoic (inscrutable) than Scandinavians.
“Let's party!”
contrasted with the Protestant work ethic are basically ethnic
dispositions and not merely media propaganda. One of these
stereotypical dispositions isn't “better” than the other, they
are just different traits which developed and evolved in different
places, eg. hot or cold environments.
But problems come when the
“Don't worry be happy” social philosophy of pop culture tries to
dominate in multicultural societies. For example, now every one from
baby to grandma are unrestrainedly dancing in television commercials,
which usually adds the little ideological bonus of making whites look
ridiculous. Even country music now has its twangy version of rap. And
Taylor Swift parties like Beyonce.
Northern Europeans tend to
be more introverted than southern Europeans and Africans who are
more extroverted, and both naturally feel uncomfortable with each
others disposition. Most of the social, cultural and political
problems we have---which are now causing increasing violence in our
streets---come from the different dispositions and traits of
different ethnic groups trying to live multiculturally within the
same space, usually with barbarian music playing above it all.
This leads to one of the
main themes of this blog: Cultures work most harmoniously when they
reflect the people who create the culture. Ethnic characteristics
help make cultures and ideologies, which is why I advocate ethnopluralism,
even within the United States, with the constitutional separation
powers and states designed for ethnic cultures.
Then we can work, or
party, which ever turns us on, in our own space, protected from
marauding imperialists and supremacists by federalism.
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