What is the most fertile soil for hatred? Fear, ignorance, jealousy, or something else entirely? Envy, hands down. Most things we fear we do not envy, but things we envy instill us with a specific kind of fear. Ignorance really is bliss when it comes to those we would otherwise envy.
There's an interview with David Horowitz by Dave Rubin on YouTube which makes this point about hatred. It's near the end of the interview where he recalls President Trump saying Hilary Clinton's heart is full of hatred.
The basis for communism is certainly envy, jealous, resentment, racism—I guess these are all variations of anger and hatred. Democratic commies and would-be commies have been saying for decades that "the personal is political", a self-serving lie if there ever was one, allowing you to cheat on your wife while recycling your newspapers. Republicans responded in the 1980s by trying to out-virtue them. I have news for both sides. Leave your rosary beads at the door. Trying to compete for moral high ground in D.C. is like wearing a parka to a nude beach. (Nevertheless, Drake would still look cool). Politics is a practical business, not a moral, abstract one. During the Trump years, people would ask me if I liked the president. I would say, I don't know, I never met him: Are you looking a for camp counselor? A father figure? A secular savior? Are you sure you understand what a president is supposed to be? You don't have to "like" him to vote for him. You're not double dating. Generally, you can't like someone at a distance, know someone at a distance, or help someone at a distance. This point will become abundantly clear when or if people quit their romance with screens. "The world to come will be filled with animosity and danger, but it will be a world open and clean." (Romano Guardini)
There's an interview with David Horowitz by Dave Rubin on YouTube which makes this point about hatred. It's near the end of the interview where he recalls President Trump saying Hilary Clinton's heart is full of hatred.
The basis for communism is certainly envy, jealous, resentment, racism—I guess these are all variations of anger and hatred. Democratic commies and would-be commies have been saying for decades that "the personal is political", a self-serving lie if there ever was one, allowing you to cheat on your wife while recycling your newspapers. Republicans responded in the 1980s by trying to out-virtue them. I have news for both sides. Leave your rosary beads at the door. Trying to compete for moral high ground in D.C. is like wearing a parka to a nude beach. (Nevertheless, Drake would still look cool). Politics is a practical business, not a moral, abstract one. During the Trump years, people would ask me if I liked the president. I would say, I don't know, I never met him: Are you looking a for camp counselor? A father figure? A secular savior? Are you sure you understand what a president is supposed to be? You don't have to "like" him to vote for him. You're not double dating. Generally, you can't like someone at a distance, know someone at a distance, or help someone at a distance. This point will become abundantly clear when or if people quit their romance with screens. "The world to come will be filled with animosity and danger, but it will be a world open and clean." (Romano Guardini)