No, othering people is alienating. And this is by no means a partisan issue because almost everybody does it.
Democrats: “it’s the Republicans’ fault, they’re evil”
Republicans: “it’s the Democrats’ fault, they’re evil”
Communists: “it’s rich people’s fault, they’re evil”
Capitalists: “it’s poor people’s fault, they’re lazy”
Women: “it’s men’s fault, they’re evil”
Men: “it’s women’s fault, they’re evil”
The more you keep blaming other people for everything that’s wrong with the world, the more you end up isolating yourself and retreating into your own bubble. You might think things would be better if you only spend with people who think like you and who validate your complaints and feelings, but in fact, that only serves to increase your alienation because it increases the gap between you and those “others”.
It’s been about a quarter century since I’ve spent meaningful time with a billionaire, and I’d wager that few here have been that close. What does alienating ourselves from the world’s ~2,700 billionaires ,who already lock the world out and work to escape to other planets by explaining out why they’re the problem cost us, exactly?
Remember folks, don’t criticise Nazis - you’ll alienate yourself from them, and that’s bad.
