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The only nation is Imagination

30 Jun

Rasism is spreading in Europe.

Rasism  is a manifestation of something else; the result of People´s limitations in identification and fear.

The threat people feel shows how scared and uneducated people really are since Rasism is deeply connected with the smallest parts of our identity. It is the dark and plain side of comparison . Instead of understanding the WHY – Why the negative feelings exist, we decide to act or not to act based on the generalization of Others not being Me.

That feeling makes Me feel better than Them. And then I do not have to feel threatened. Because, I am good, after all.

Historically, the idea of nation has been a safety net for members of a culture. A place for our personal identification can rest in peace.

This is inner realm is longer a secure place for the  small ego of individuals, since increasing inequality, the feeling of cultural  unity and the current(but choosable) disolvement /enrichment of it, all steem from the fact that our cultures are growing into eachother at an increasing pace.

What needs to be done by each individual is to try to immerse oneself with the fear and “stupid” or any other projection:

To understand that these feelings come from a feeling of loosing something, but what is it we are loosing? Is it maybe, only our limited ego dying? And most importantly: If one does not care to understand, then accepting is easier and more humane.

Our lack of knowledge and the inability to finding out more, shows that we are tired and lacking cognitive energy to do so. 
It is easier to identify with other easier feelings such as Rasism and Nationalism –  which is a more general term of pride, seniority, the old and other undemocratic, overly masucline and chauvinistic notions. And

The pride can be good when our own personal beliefs align in an inspiring way with our ideas of our culture..
That is why some people love Sweden, and others hate it or find it hard to incorporate the other parts into the smaller version of what Sweden and Swedish is.

The only nation is imagination.