A useful thought provoking analysis — Ed.
by Ian Jobling
Martin-uk sent in a comment on a recent post that lists the different arguments that can be made for white preservation. White preservation, he says, can be defended on the grounds of the value of diversity, even-handedness, tribalism, distinctive white values, and the distinctive capacity of whites for accomplishment and civilization. His comment performs an important service because it clarifies and distinguishes among arguments that white preservationists often run together in a confusing manner.
In my articles on The Inverted World, I have stressed the last two items in martin-uk’s list: the arguments from distinctive white values and the distinctive capacity of whites for accomplishment and civilization. I have criticized the argument from tribalism. You’re free to disagree with me, though—what’s your favorite argument? And which do you think is the most likely to convince the racially unaware?
What follows is an edited version of martin-uk’s list of arguments and his comments on it. He seems to agree with me that the last two arguments are the most powerful.
The value of diversity
Diversity is inherently valuable. It is a good thing, for example,that there are many types of birds and insects, and we all think it isa pity when this or that bird or insect, having evolved over hundredsof thousands of years, becomes extinct, especially when its demise iscaused by the actions of human beings.
Similarly, it is a good thing that there are many different humansocieties and cultures throughout the world. Consequently, most peoplebelieve that the folkways of threatened cultures, such as the cultureof the Australian Aborigines, should be preserved. But white society isjust as valuable for the sake of diversity as Aborigine society.Indeed, even if whites were hunting their dinner with spears whileAborigines were building colonies on Mars, the world would still bepoorer if white culture and values were eradicated by demographiceclipse.
Even-handedness
It appears that multiculturalism and diversity are for white nationsonly. In fifty years, if present trends continue, Nigeria will bemanaged and controlled by ethnic Nigerians, China by ethnic Chinese,Japan by ethnic Japanese, Mexico by ethnic Mexicans, India by ethnicIndians, and so on throughout the non-white world, but our whitechildren and grandchildren will have lost the autonomy and identitythat comes from maintaining a majority in their own historicalhomelands. This is manifestly unfair.
Tribalism
It is normal and healthy for people to promote the flourishing ofthe ethnic group to which they belong. What kind of man would couldremain unmoved before the prospect that his own people might die outand be replaced by another? Since I am white, I naturally ally myselfwith white causes and, where possible, take the white side in anyargument, because white society and culture are mine. Whites are mytribe, if you like.
I cannot and do not need to cite reasons to justify my tribalism.The only explanation that is possible is people’s natural preferencefor their own kind.