People aren’t always honest with this question. A better question is “What do you hate?”
We only ever hate things that we’re scared of. We never hate things that excite us. Those are the things we love. The logic is impossible to argue with. So, if you really want to know what things you’re scared of, ask yourself what you hate.
Racists hate people with different skin because they’re scared of them. Misogynists hate women because they’re scared of them. Homophobes hate gay people because they’re scared of them.
Those haters are the minority, but we all have our own odd little fears. And politicians know they can tap into our fears.
Politicians tell us that immigrants taking jobs and government welfare is what is making us poor. We’re encouraged to fear immigrants, even being told immigrants are different or more lawless.
But our real fear isn’t immigrants. Our fear is failure. Failure to support our loved ones and ourselves. Failure to house, feed, clothe and keep them safe.
But even that’s not the root fear. No, the root fear for all of us is the fear that we’re responsible for our own failure.
That’s why attacking minorities is so effective, because they become responsible for our failure. It removes the fear that we’re to blame, passing it to a weaker group instead. So we can hate them for making us fail.
Of course, the big irony is that failure for most of us comes from not being able to earn enough money. And the wealthy could help with this.
In the US, the wealthiest 10% of Americans have hoarded 68.3% of the nation’s wealth, while the poorest 50% struggle with just 2.5% between them.
The wealthy have more than they need and could remove the fear of failure from the majority just by sharing some of their excess wealth. Since 1989, the wealthiest 1% alone have captured an extra 9.1% of America’s wealth, while the poorest 50% have lost 1%. If that full 10.1% had gone to the poorest 50%, they’d each be $104,118 better off today.
The greed of the wealthy is causing the poor to fail. But, the wealthy stoke fear and hatred of minorities and pretend that the blame lies with them instead.
What do you hate more: failing or being lied to about why you’re failing?
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