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20 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 28 Jan \ parent \ on: Is Racism Enabled by Capitalism, or the State? | The Libertarian Institute econ

I'm not surprised and I have no idea what they expected would happen.

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 28 Jan

At least they were only talking, not doing. There are countries where they just do, no matter the universal ethics of the situation. It is the ingroup versus outgroup problem. Whatever I do to the outgroup is OK, right? Some people never think what is good for the goose is good for the gander.

43 sats \ 3 replies \ @cz 28 Jan

The reality is that Asian countries, particularly Southeast Asian ones, are some of the most racist places to visit.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 28 Jan

I don’t know if you could say racist. I found that there is a definite, we are us and you are not one of us sort of vibe. It didn’t have much to do with race, but more to do with homogeneous culture of the place. For instance, if you are in Japan you are either a Japanese or an outside person (gaijin). It is completely either, or without graduations. Oh, sorry, there were half’s and they were know as exactly that, half.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @cz 28 Jan

This is true. I'd say maybe there's a fair bit of xenophobia mixed in?

35 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 28 Jan

I don’t know if I would call it xenophobia, I think rather the idea of outgroup would be more accurate. I noticed, that if your language was not utterly perfect, you were automatically outgroup.