Quoting: Amathyst
Also as for all this secret police stuff and deporting nationals, England is quite different from Russia so I dont think a lot of what you say applies to us.
I didn't mention any secret stuff. As do deporting nationals from Russia, do you know figures.
I am discussing only social psycology and the threat os a wide rasism among some down classers in Europe. Yes the same thing exists in Russia, but I'm sure human natire, assets and deficiencies are the same all over the world.
In Russia the xenofoby is supporter by poor people. They know they cannot be punished for that. It is very difficult to proove the guilt in Trial and as to rasist reputation it means nothing for those who don't make career or have business.
People don't feel themselves criminals because they know that for example the USA south states had in the 40 the same problems with afroamericans and mexicans despite they had cottages and more cars per capita than today Russia.
As to psycology of impunivity and "freedom" of rasist expression for people downstairs, who don't make career or business and don't depend upon high and middle class public opinion, that may seem attractive to many lumpens all over the world. Russia isn't a lonely country in that.