Blaming “The Other” Is a Distraction

The narrative around “the other” is a bullshit concept.

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Everyone has bad days. Everyone. All the people you know and don’t know experience shit happening. Nobody on the entire planet lives a life free of pain, challenges, and/or suffering. Nobody.

Human beings are unique animals. That’s largely because we can create things that allow us to overcome the environment, limitations of distance, communications, and all sorts of other matters that no other animal can overcome. Whatever you’re reading this on now is a perfect example.

The problem with this amount of creative genius is that we’ve moved away from tangibles to intangibles dominating our lives. It’s no longer about finding food, shelter, and a mate to propagate the species to survive. Now it’s about finding ways to experience contentment, joy, and satisfaction. All of which are intangible.

The world is a crazy place, and humans do ridiculous things. Thanks to our global connectivity, we’re hyperaware of everything. This is often weaponized to stir emotions, and most of that is done via negativity.

This is where the “other” gets blamed for all kinds of woes. They will tell you that “the other” is taking away your job, your rights, your way of life, and so on. Who “the other” is changes…