It’s not the price of gas or groceries that rattle me these days. It’s the vitriol, the hate.
Throughout our nation’s history, we’ve seen what hate looks like. It divides people across gender, religion, and race, and it stokes anger. Instead of spending time on solutions to everyday problems, people seek revenge on whoever or whatever is deemed hateful, and that does not solve anything. The result? Misplaced blame, chaos, and violence.
“Stoking hate is political strategy, and we need to stop feeding the fire.”
The one thru-line I’ve seen played over and over again is how the ultra-rich and powerful keep everyone else angry at each other while they enjoy their mansions, yachts, and galas. Christians are angry at whoever is waging the War on Christmas, whites are angry at black people for benefiting from affirmative action, and middle-class people are angry at “lazy poor people” who get food stamps on their tax dollar. People hate immigrants and Jews for no reason at all or purely manufactured reasons.
Keeping the general population angry and distracted while the rich get richer, using their money to rule the world, is intentional. Stoking hate is a political strategy, and the sooner we all realize it, stop playing the game, and band together, the better off we will be.
Sleep Deprived Patriot