Popper knows that there will always be “state-worshippers” and other proponents of “collectivism.” They are the cause of the world’s troubles. Such people must be dealt with firmly; anyone who relishes his homeland and its history is a “racialist,” according to Popper. The vice affects more than the German people. It is a present danger in every nation. One can see how Popper anticipates our own era and its paranoid rhetoric. If someone worries about the effects of immigration on his nation’s culture, he is xenophobic. If he organizes a political party that seeks to restrict immigration, he is
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