Anger is a form of fear manifest, and the riots and unrest of this era are a result of a pandemic and the fear of what has typically been the majority population of America; white, blue collar men. This is a generalization, of course, but this seems to be the core of the most vociferous group that’s jumped on the “Trump Train” and arrived on station armed to the teeth and ready to commit treason in the name of a narcissist, adulterer and serial liar who managed to get elected with the help of Vladimir Putin.
This group, which flourished in the fossil fuel epoch, is doomed in the upcoming era. In the era of hyper advanced technology and a dismissal of the internal combustion engine, the American rough-and-tumble white male becomes emasculated. Additionally, the preponderance of black and brown faces which will inevitably become the minority-majority, fuels this fear and the natural response of a threatened animal (meaning homo sapiens albus) is to attack, and that’s exactly what they’ve done.
Combine this visceral fear of obsolescence, a fall from power, and a nebulous fear of an invisible enemy and you get a situation where this group hypertension has to find an outlet. Fight or flight on a cultural level would naturally be exhibited in resistance to something. The natural target of these fears would be those on the left, who are proponents of technology and diversity, the very things that threaten the group’s way of life. This is what the left fail to understand when they see what’s happening. They fail to see that it’s a response to impending loss of power and an existential threat to what the group holds dear.
Can it be any surprise that these esoteric fears are subconsciously transformed into anger towards a concrete and specific group and/or object? The “left”, e.g., democrats, progressives, immigrants, want to take away their livelihoods–which is derived through backbreaking labor and long hours and results in living paycheck-to-paycheck– through green energy and open borders . And in response to the unseen threat of the COVID-19 virus they respond by denying its very existence and lashing out at the physical manifestation of it, namely the masks.
This fearful group is easily preyed upon by a lifetime grifter with a certain boorish charisma (which baffles me). Trump has ginned them up to a frothy tempest and they are wreaking havoc on this nation. The blame, while cannot be removed from everyone involved in this seditious population, must be mostly placed on those who have manipulated and profited from these fears. This includes Trump and his acolytes including, but not limited to, Ted Cruz, Matt Gaetz, Jim Jordan, Devin Nunes, Rudy Giuliani, etc. The full weight of the Justice Department should be applied and all those with criminal liability must be brought to justice in order for the nation to heal.
The “everyman” who donned tactical gear, facepaint, or Trump merchandise and breached the doors of Congress are not to escape justice. However, their actions have a natural, fearful, explanation. It’s those at the top who are purported to be leaders and manipulate these fears for selfish ends that should have known better and deserve to be tried and convicted by lawful processes.
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