Thoughts
on how racial supremacists may think.
Often those with
notions of racial supremacy exhibit warning signs in their softness
on key historical characters. Describing a specific fascist leaders
as geniuses and misunderstood. They like to insist that they are part
of a higher group of people. They romance the idea of some historical
characters, they downplay their crimes against humanity, often admire
power and militarism. Maybe describing Hitler as a madman, but a
genius. Only suggesting the insanity because they are not
Germanic themselves or because Hitler failed, which they may regret. Other characters or leaders can be suggested by a variety of
ethnic groups as their symbol or their misunderstood mad-genius.
They
show extreme loyalty to a national and racial identity, personal and
group superiority. Claims of historical, genetic, racial, national
values, great virtues and morals, vast amounts of pride in things
they've had no part in. Ancient acts, myths and modern heroes are
considered evidence for their delusions of superiority. They are
often those who have done little and have few signs of deep human
value, yet they boost their self-esteem by waving flags, talking to
other delusionals.
Often they insist that
they're promoting the greater good, even non-religious supremacists
seem to have the idea that they are doing what must be done for a
greater good. Morally, they believe they can justify their goals,
even their potentially genocidal views. They're often those who have
painted history as their story, that of their people, and from the
dream of the past they seek to create that vision in the present.
Making the super-man a reality through a new order which would purge
the defects and perfect society around a strict ideological view of
race.
Their ideology and reality are often on different pages, their
efforts to force reality to obey their dream fails, but through
strict effort they throw resources at their goal. Historically, they
fails even when it seems to have won. As such things are unlikely to
be a stable force, it may be that it is unlikely that any power that
seeks to demote every other nation and people could not easily
maintain power and nothing lasts without end.
The cult of racial
supremacism lingers on, mostly in the minds of those fooled by the
idea that ethnic characteristics of one kind or another mark one
people are a master-race. And, to those who don't know better and are
swayed when told that they are a superman, the idea of being a giant
amongst ants a powerful idea. Much of this fundamentally linked to
excesses of ego. I cannot speak of those who think themselves to be
superior in totality, some carry some of these traits, some are
sympathetic but not serious supremacists. There are those who are
deeply ingrained in this kind of ideology and those who would be
likely to fall into line if such ideas became mainstream.
Given
lessons from history, when given a direction and a sense of
importance, otherwise moral characters can be converted to carry out
evil deeds.
