Chandrima DasNov 16, 2019

Maybe the disorientation that many people experience as a result of globalization, makes them yearn for a life that reflects the security of their past, breeding nostalgia.
Maybe that inability to cope with a rapidly changing world order is what fuels the insulatory mechanisms of right wing politics of today - making America Great, Brexiting, building Hindu-rahtras and Islamic Caliphates.

Clinging to the past is just fear of an uncertain future.

Show threadMusafirNov 16, 2019
@hackiechan it's a deep rooted anxiety and the subconscious fear that we have inherited which makes us resist the change. And a threat, a threat that makes us move backwards. These slogans are a mechanism to play with the fear which is already in the minds. A over-glorified past is used to ignite the insecurity. A strange socio-psycological game that is being played.
Show threadChandrima DasNov 16, 2019
@musafir I don't know if we've inherited the fear from previous generations, or if the fear comes from higher uncertainty and faster change. "My identity is under threat and will get wiped out," seems to be the tagline of this fear.
Show threadMusafirNov 16, 2019
@hackiechan you see it's not the individual identity that you feel insecure for. It's the collectivistic feeling of fear. Either of a caste, a class, a religion, a region, a culture, a nationality that feels threatened. And this collectivistic vulnerability takes over the individual.
Show threadChandrima DasNov 16, 2019
@musafir Exactly. You made perfect sense. And that's why the narcissistic leader emerges, reflecting, drumming up and exploiting the collective fear.
Show threadMusafirNov 16, 2019
@hackiechan if you put two strangers minus their group (caste, religion, language, culture, nationality etc) they will become friends in no time. And if you put two friends plus their groups they will end up killing each other in no time. So this collectivistic fear is being played upon. And this fear is always inherited. We have been subconsciously grasping it from day one. And the day something/someone triggers it, it comes out obvious.
Show threadChandrima Das
@musafir Really makes me think that I must go and thank my mother for her own evolution in terms of shedding identity. She greatly reduced her collective affiliation towards religious identity, caste identity and gender-specific role in her lifetime. So her children didn't have to do any work in terms of shedding these because we were not conditioned much with this stuff.
I hope the next generation of kids also benefit from the parents who are evolving now.
Nov 16, 2019 at 1:11pmWeb
Show threadMusafirNov 16, 2019
@hackiechan one can only hope. And I do :)