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To some degree, the American civil rights movement of the 1960s was a zero-sum game. Blacks were given the “right” to live in all-White neighborhoods. While Whites lost the “right” to live in all-White neighborhoods. Blacks were given the “right” to attend all-White schools. But Whites lost the “right” to send their children to all-White schools.
This forced transferal of “rights” encapsulates the tyrannical essence of liberalism. As well as reinforces that the ideology driving egalitarianism is cultural Marxism, and not the facade of liberty and justice for all. Because in a truly free society, the government wouldn't forcibly integrate groups of people against their will.
When White Americans had their neighborhoods and schools inundated with people they didn't want to share a close existence with, they reacted predictably: they moved. This reaction became known as White Flight. But while White Flight was certainly a predictable reaction to desegregation in the '50s, '60s, and even '70s, it's somewhat confusing that White Flight would still be an observable phenomenon 50 years later. Particularly from the viewpoint that pre-1960's Whites hadn't been lectured for the previous 50 years on how great diversity was. They were just dumb racists, and had no idea that Black people were actually just White people with black skin.
This forced transferal of “rights” encapsulates the tyrannical essence of liberalism. As well as reinforces that the ideology driving egalitarianism is cultural Marxism, and not the facade of liberty and justice for all. Because in a truly free society, the government wouldn't forcibly integrate groups of people against their will.
When White Americans had their neighborhoods and schools inundated with people they didn't want to share a close existence with, they reacted predictably: they moved. This reaction became known as White Flight. But while White Flight was certainly a predictable reaction to desegregation in the '50s, '60s, and even '70s, it's somewhat confusing that White Flight would still be an observable phenomenon 50 years later. Particularly from the viewpoint that pre-1960's Whites hadn't been lectured for the previous 50 years on how great diversity was. They were just dumb racists, and had no idea that Black people were actually just White people with black skin.
"Whites are leaving diversity. Classical white flight is still happening. This is not the 1950s we're talking about or the 1960s...it's still happening."
White Flight is typically judged negatively by practically everybody. White Nationalist types consider it as both weak and irrational. Weak from the standpoint that Whites are cowardly running away. Irrational in the sense that eventually there won't be anywhere left to run to. Anti-Whites simply view White Flight as pathological Whiteness. And that the only reason White people would want to live around other White people is because they're inherently racist (it's worth noting that anti-Whites consider both White Flight and gentrification as acts of racism).
However, subjective moralization aside, we can objectively conclude that White Flight is a manifestation of White power. White Flight is more than Whites voting with their feet, or running for the hills. It's an expression of options. When Whites pack up and move (and take their tax money with them), what they leave behind becomes Detroit and St Louis. Both of those cities were thriving metropolises up until the mid 1900s, with White populations well above 90% (Detroit was 99% White in 1910 and 10% White in 2010). Today, they're two of the most dangerous cities in the world, and they've both lost over 60% of their populations since the 1950s:
St. Louis has lost 64.0% of its population since the 1950 United States Census, the highest percent of any city that had a population of 100,000 or more at the time of the 1950 Census. Detroit, Michigan and Youngstown, Ohio are the only other cities that have had population declines of at least 60% in the same time frame. The population of the city of St. Louis has been in decline since the 1950 census; during this period the population of the St. Louis Metropolitan Area, which includes more than one county, has grown every year and continues to do so. A big factor in the decline has been the rapid increase in suburbanization.
It's certainly understandable why Whites wouldn't want to cede the civilizations their ancestors created. And it's definitely disheartening to see what places like Detroit and St Louis have become. These were cities that epitomized American exceptionalism, and now they're overflowing diversity dumpsters. That statement alone enables us to shine a light on two prevailing false narratives. One is that White Flight is weak. The other is that diversity is a strength. Neither could be further from the truth.
However, the “yea, but one day there won't be anyplace left for Whites to move,” argument does hold merit and is worth addressing. First, it's important to note that White Flight has been going on as long as White people have been on the planet. White Flight is a hereditary trait of European people (e.g., fight or flight). Linguistically speaking, White Flight is just a politicized term that is synonymous with European migration. Even America itself is a product of White Flight. But not to digress to far off topic, it's plausible that at some point in time there won't be any White places left in the US for Whites to relocate to. And even if there were, Whites wouldn't have any political power due to their minority status in a multiracial democracy dominated by identity politics. Which would create a racial recipe for Whites to flee the United States. This will happen on a mass scale at some point. Furthermore, it's not reasonable to conclude that Whites will individually emigrate all over the world. There will only be a handful of locations (and one primary) that take in a significant portion of the White migrants.
White Flight should be viewed as a socio-evolutionary process (e.g., White Flight: National → International → Universal). Here are two hypothetical possibilities for a future White exodus:
International White Flight: several hundred thousand affluent Whites collectively decide to maximize their credit, leave behind their debt, and take their assets East to a welcoming nation outside of the EU.
Universal White Flight: the world is overpopulated and the natural resources are unable to sustain the population. A few thousand Whites colonize the final frontier and use genetic engineering to eliminate the effects of a population bottleneck and start a new civilization.
It's hard to argue hypothetical predictions, but anyone acting in good faith knows the logical debate of the above scenarios would be over specifics, and not the actual occurrences. The argument to be had is not if, but when, where and how.
As the US becomes Mexico (and sequentially Brazil), history tells us that Whites will gradually pack up and leave. And eventually, as earth's non-White population explodes (Africa's population alone is expected to hit 4.1 billion by 2100), Whites will ultimately leave the planet (once there's a promise of a new world). The technology is already there. It will happen. And when it does, those remaining on the impoverished earth will realize that White Flight really is White Power!
