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Originally Posted by CroFlames
I doubt Germany ever "rises up" again. In fact, I'd guarantee that. The climate of world politics and commerce mean that all out conventional war, or even isolating yourself because you're racist is a bad thing. Too much to lose. The world was much different in the first half of the 20th century.
Smaller countries like Greece and such, now there the potential exists for far right groups to rise up and even bring back institutionalized racism.
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Race/ethnicity has historically just been a convenient way to divide people so that one group could have more favourable access to resources than another. If you go back to Europe in the the early middle-ages, races weren't just defined by skin or appearance, but by community (some of these disputes still exist). There were literally a dozen different races recognized in Europe alone. Then the age of exploration started and colonialism ensued. In order to justify dominance in different continents, the concept was simplified. Race has always been a moving target.
With the shrinking world, the concept of race is becoming obsolete in most advanced societies, but don't underestimate the human desire to divide and conquer. Race and ethnicity will be replaced by something else and new parameters for class division will be set, and the fighting cycle will start new. It's the ugly side of human nature.