I think that people who feel superior or self-satisfied are not prone to act out towards others in this kind of violent, explosive way. They just go be bossy or go to their clubs with other like-minded people. The entitled elbow others out of the way, push toward the head of the line, and grab a bigger share of the pie.
The people that are doing this, or who identify with them are more likely to feel they have been "pushed out of the way, left with nothing, or the short end of the stick, by others who have gotten the bigger piece. As a result they feel invisible or crushed.
Jews have always been blamed as the cause. It is their fault because it is perceived that they took more or too much of what they did not deserve.
When this kind of rage is experienced, it is that that person feels obliterated. This is a terrible feeling to tolerate. It is all too human in this instance to seek an external target. It is truly horrifying that these flames are being fanned in our political environment.
I truly believe that many, many individuals at times feel rage and underneath that the sense that they will be obliterated, kind of like ego death. It is terrible and I have felt it. I have felt it in relation to my son. But there was nobody around trying to manipulate me when I was in this state. Nobody trying to frame my anger in ways that would corral it, so that I would act badly. I had the luxury of being able to go to my room and lie down until I could get myself together, recompose myself based upon competencies.
I know that there are people who live nourished by fantasies to obliterate human souls, to snuff out spirits; committed to making groups of people not exist. Until now they have largely lied dormant and marginal in our society. Increasingly they are emboldened to step up and out. They are hearing a call. This is not spontaneous.
There are people behind the curtain, right now. Strategists. Who know what they are doing. They are waving red flags. And they are doing it deliberately.
