Why Logic and Why realism
To consider why a person would prefer logic and realistic
thoughts over pretty idealistic and positive thoughts we have to look at our
own personal experience on small scale as well as a holistic look at a nations
inkling to thoughts of left and right.
Of course a person would be more inclined to harbour
positive thoughts than negative thoughts and assumptions, because, as most of
us have experienced, your happiness is linked with your thoughts. Thus the more
positive your thoughts the more positive your life seems to be. So a person, if
he can afford it, would rather see the better side of things instead of the bad
negative things. I say ‘afford it’ because a person who hasn’t eaten for 4 days
and does not seem to have any tangible evidence of getting food anytime soon
cannot ‘afford’ to believe every little thing’s going be alright. He must grasp
the reality of the situation for him to be able to know what needs to be done
and do it. Whilst a well fed person with a pantry full of food is much more
inclined to believe that every little thing’s going be alright.
Therefore even in this small example, a positive mind-set
and positive opinion is directly linked to the prosperity and security of a
person. It’s easy to tell the hungry person, every little thing’s going be
alright if you are not the hungry person. Therefore it is easy for a Frenchman living in
a grand flat on the Riviera to only assume the very best of every black person
in Africa and demand the white man in Africa treats every black man as his
equal and as good. But if he were to move with his family on a farm bordering
the township Mamelody he would be much more inclined to now harbour realistic
thoughts, because now his life and the life of his family depends on it.
For example, he will quickly learn of the practical and
efficient application of generalizing. Regardless of the occasional black
person he might every now and then offend because he first assumed him
dangerous before knowing him. He wouldn’t care, because as Benjamin Ntananyau
once put it. “The security of my people is more important than my popularity.” But for the Frenchman in is flat on the
Riviera, his popularity is much more important than the security of other
people.
And so the public opinion in South Africa in the 1980’s and
1990’s was created by comfortable well-meaning foreigners. They were so far
removed from the issue that they created their staunch support for the struggle
in South Africa of the blacks believing all blacks were like Denzel Washington,
Oprah and Nelson Mandela.
Then why did the majority of whites in South Africa agree to
the abolishment of apartheid and gaining a typical African government?
Regardless of having over 30 failed African states as evidence of the horrid
outcome of democratically elected tyrants in all other African governments?
Because of the prosperity
that apartheid had afforded the whites in South Africa. Because of how far
removed they were of real Africa. They had full stomachs and full pantries so
to speak. Then their positive mind-set was bombarded with idealistic visions of
a pretty future with the same-as-me African. Hook, line, sinker.
Back to the point: What determines a person’s mind-set? Thus
idealistic pretty thoughts are nurtured and created by prosperity and security.
The best modern example of this being the newly elected far-right political
party FN (Front National) party in France with Marine La Pen. As the
immigration problem in France increased with more and more immigrants from
Arabic and African countries the problem was becoming much closer to home. The
Frenchman in his flat on the Riviera no longer needed to move to South Africa
to develop a realistic and logic mind-set as his security, thus the security of
his prosperity, is now clearly under threat, and he can no longer ‘afford’ to
have a pretty idealistic mind-set. So he resorts to the FN. But alas, for them
it is also too late. There will be no turning back the tide now. But if they
have listened to the unpopular few who so accurately described the consequences
of slack immigration policies, they would not have had the problem.
And so the West is doomed to realize the truth only when it
is too late. Because they ignore a
tumour too long, and now, the treatment required to cure it would likely kill
the host. War.