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Wealthy lean toward 'social Darwinism' after economic crisis
Published: 3 Dec 10 15:21 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/money/20101203-31581.html
Hostility towards minorities and the poor has increased significantly among Germany's middle and upper classes, a development likely stemming from the global economic crisis, according to a new study.
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The recent financial and economic crisis is largely to blame for this “freezing of the social climate,” said researchers from the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence (IKG) at Bielefeld University.
“During the crisis many high earners experienced for the first time what financial losses mean,” study leader Wilhelm Heitmeyer said.
With this realisation, carefully learned social norms and values were quickly forgotten, and ideas of so-called social Darwinism, or survival of the fittest, increased. Feeling threatened by the financial crisis also lead to a creeping “radicalising of the middle class,” with levels of anti-Islamic sentiments up significantly among political moderates and liberals, while this actually dipped slightly among conservatives.
Every fourth study participant agreed to the statement, “Muslims should be prevented from immigrating to Germany” – an increase of five percentage points from last year’s results.
Anti-Semitic sentiments were also more socially acceptable among wealthier respondents.
Negative feelings toward the homeless or jobless increased only among those who earned a net monthly income of more than €2,500 per month.
The long-term study of group-oriented misanthropy in Germany began in 2002 and focuses on how different social, religious and ethnic backgrounds are received in by the country's citizens.
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So people are putting fault of the bad economy situation on immigrants? Not on the banks or whoever leads them?
Well there is something a university degree never got and never will give to people no matter how much one studies and self proclaims intelligence; which is love and consideration for others. Rotten society.
Besides, Greed Is Good!
That obviously needs to be BANNED.
''And then the scum is emotionally and in the name of political correctness blackmailing society.''
So you are calling poor people ''scum'', and you present rich people as moral and responsible? lol nice going
You also probably think that its the immigrants fault the economy is bad?
No, I do not blame immigrants as a whole, perhaps German yobs and freeloaders are much more responsible for the present situation than immigrants. On the other hand, it is also true that immigrants of certain countries and cultures are reinforcing the already existent German idleness.
Everyone, be immigrant or echte German is responsible for his own life, and it is not taxpayers job to feed the scum.
"and it is not taxpayers job to feed the scum. "
oh thats not all they want you to do. They want anybody with any sort of disposable income to walk around like Guilt ridden sad saps. Worried about what the Poor People might think. Gosh those hungry souls ::sniff::.
Its just a bunch of class warfare loving Player Haters.
Germany will guilt its way into Communism sooner than later. Personal freedoms seem to generous when people are Starving.