Tribalism Will Cost Us Dearly

Just when you are searching for a light at the end of the tunnel, you get blindsided by another inane election policy.

That's how I felt yesterday reading about a Coalition promise of a $25,000 grant to a mosque to install cameras to 'keep worshippers safe'.

It's clearly an act of appeasement after Dutton's firm stance against accepting any Hamas lovers from Gaza into Australia and telling the parliament (in 2016) that letting in Muslims from Lebanon in the 1970s was a mistake.

I agree with both of Dutton's positions but do not support giving money to a mosque. Mosques are typically the propagators of the 'us and them' mentality that is at the centre of Islam and its war on the West.

I know the amount is trifling, but why would you fund those who oppose the key tenets of our way of life?

Personally, I think throwing further taxpayer money at any religious organisation isn't appropriate. These groups already enjoy tax-free status, and many have extensive resources to draw upon.

If people want to donate to these groups, they are free to do so, but the government shouldn't make that decision for us.

My sentiment extends to the recent handouts to Jewish religious groups, too. Millions are being given to rebuild temples because the insurance was inadequate to cover recent damage.

I hardly see why that is my problem...or anyone else not involved in that community.

But this is a symptom of where Multiculturalism has led us. We now have powerful ethnic and cultural groups who are uniting to influence our political system to garner more benefits for themselves.

We've seen how crucial votes can be effected in marginal seats to deny one party or another success.

As our previous homogeneous society balkanises into more tribalism on the back of immigration, we can expect it to get much worse.

Some of that tribalism is perfectly understandable.

Despite what the multiculturalists will tell you, all cultures are not equal, and most people think their cultural practices are preferable to others. This is simply a product of childhood conditioning and what we are used to.

So, wanting to maintain some of those practices is understandable, even in a new nation.

Most often, it doesn't make much of a difference and can even enrich society, but other times, it creates a sense of 'rights' that conflicts with pre-established norms.

Then it becomes a problem.

That's where Australia is right now. Small problems are emerging that will become much greater in the future unless we act immediately.

Unfortunately, the Uniparty players show no signs of looking out for our interests, instead choosing the electoral path of least resistance.

That is until the easy path is blocked in the name of diversity. By then, it will be too late.

"Multiculturalism for any Western country is a massive issue. The lack of integration, the increase of crime, violence, and mistrust in society, the segregation created due to mass immigration, these are only the beginning phases of something I fear will almost certainly get worse and more violent."
Lauren Southern