Rather, I was suggesting that OWS, anti-semitism, etc, all come from the same place, which is some primal dislike of so-called market dominant minorities.
One related observation, I noticed that looking at most ethnic stereotypes (by group X of group Y) they tend to fall into two broad categories: “Group Y are subhuman idiots”, and “group Y are evil practitioners of black magic.” Possibly substitute “black magic” with equivalent concept from group X’s worldview. (Note: if the horns affect goes sufficiently far group X may start throwing out both accusations but one is always primary.)
These it seems roughly correspond to whether group X’s system one perceives group Y as less or more intelligent then themselves respectively.
Come to think of it “magic” isn’t a bad description of what intelligence greater than your own looks like from the outside. And unless you have strong reasons to believe that the intelligence’s goals are aligned with your own it might as well be black magic.
One related observation, I noticed that looking at most ethnic stereotypes (by group X of group Y) they tend to fall into two broad categories: “Group Y are subhuman idiots”, and “group Y are evil practitioners of black magic.” Possibly substitute “black magic” with equivalent concept from group X’s worldview. (Note: if the horns affect goes sufficiently far group X may start throwing out both accusations but one is always primary.)
These it seems roughly correspond to whether group X’s system one perceives group Y as less or more intelligent then themselves respectively.
Come to think of it “magic” isn’t a bad description of what intelligence greater than your own looks like from the outside. And unless you have strong reasons to believe that the intelligence’s goals are aligned with your own it might as well be black magic.