Isn't it ironic that Germany got its shit together only to lose it via refugees?
All societies will change over time. All immigrants will change societies they settle down in. Change is scary, because not all change is good. And what isn't good is the fear that runs a lot of our descision making.
I read a study where researchers had a hypothesis that there might be a built-in hunter-gatherer mechanism, where people see outsiders / strangers as a threat, as a survival response.
The idea is that 10,000-25,000 years ago, interacting with a different tribe could yield death or sickness or fighting over resources.
It's this idea that we have tribal instincts that makes us very territorial and aggressive towards outsiders who we see as a threat. I've looked for the study but cannot find it:/
It does sound plausible in the sense that on every level of society we tend to be further removed from those that are further away from us. We're interested and curious as long as it's at a distance. The whole world is "exotic" and like a themepark if you're just visting from the rose tinted glasses of your white eyes. But dig closer, you're less close to those in the next village, in the next state, in the next country, in the next continent.
"Those are people over there. We're here. They should deal with their shit. We got enough shit and problems on our plate".(isolationism).
Immigrants don't bring more crime and they don't steal jobs that are meaningful to European populations. But that doesn't matter to a lot of people, because it *feels* like they are. It feels like they are because their integration happens while massive fluctuations happen in society. Immigration and representation happens while millions and millions of people fall on hard time. Blaming the immigrants is always the go-to scapegoat.
The way I look at it is this. I don't blame the radicalization on islam, because most people of muslim faith in Europe are decent people who support and stand up for the values, laws and opinions we have here. IMO the real culprit is exactly like it is for any other group; sexually frustrated, aggressive men who are not adjusted. What are the difference? It's exactly the same shit. Doesn't matter if you glorify ISIS or Hitler.
They are the same type of people with different cultural backgrounds. And like other poorly adjusted men who are losing out, they'd not go down this rabbit hole if they had worth. If they had shit going on. If they had relationships, careers and prospects. They people who become suicide bombers are so far gone and so damaged, just like the people who join neo-nazi groups.
The takeaway is that we need to focus much much more on young men who are lost in the system. I'm certain that fundamentalist extremists have a world in common with incels. It just manifests differently, but that doesn't matter. That's not the actual triggers going on from behind the scenes. People can become insane, irrational and pathalogical from isolationism. We love our lives more in isolation before, so one can imagine that immigrants who feel alienated from society are at a greater risk. Our social skills are vastly decreasing as we rely more on tech. A lot of young people cannot even properly communicate anymore or pick up on social awareness on even a basic level.
And so, if you're someone who don't have those basic skills you're going to be in for a hard time. You cannot get a good job because you're fucking weird and creepy. You cannot get a girlfriend because you're robotic and animated. You cannot get friends because you make everyone feel uneasy. And this combination of things just escalates throughout your life as you become a loser, and as you become a loser you seek the comfort online of other online communities that sell you the answer. You're a big boy. You're a good boy. It's these people over here who are to blame. It's all these people. You're special. So hate these people.
In the next ten years, you're going to see a lot more of the ramifications of the increase in men who are dropping out of society and falling through the cracks at 5x or 10x the rate of women. From high school to higher education, they've failed to adjust education in the 21th century. As the old patriarch dominated guard dies off male CEOs, you'll see a lot of women getting into roles of leadership and that is great, but you have to wonder what is happening to all those men who failed and flunked at some point. Here you have many university course where it's 60-80% women. It's scary that men are performing so poorly in so many areas. One has to wonder why they cannot adjust.