On the Fact that Ethnic Violence Tends to Occur Not so Much as the Result of Group Differences (Pertaining to Income, Status, etc.) but by a Politicizing of these Differences; Racial Riots in the U.S. During Johnson's Presidency, the Targeting of Volga Germans by the Bolsheviks, the Civil War in Sri Lanka, the Violent and Intolerant Shiv Sena Movement in India, America Today During the Obama Presidency, etc.

This is only perplexing to those who seem to think that government can somehow steer the course of human history by meddling in it (this despite the massive evidence to the contrary).