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The benefit of racism is that it encourages in individuals a tendency to give preference to those of a similar genome, giving their relations and thus their genes a better chance of survival.
Take two tribes: The Racists and the Philanthropists. The Philanthropists cope very well until, nurturing each other and helping each other along until one day they come into contact with the Racists. They extend to the Racists their normal hospitality and generosity, allowing them to settle, throwing them a feast, etc. The Racists return the favour with death and slavery, going on to become the Greatest Empire in the World, time and time again.
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"No one was behaving from very Buddhist motives. Then, thought Pigsy, he was hardly a Buddha, nor was he a monkey. Presently, he was a pig spirit changed into a little girl pretending to be a little boy to be offered to a water monster. It was all very simple to a pig spirit."
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