Fear plus anger equal rage.
Anger plus shame equals hate. I liked the bit Dave Chappelle did on “Sticks and Stones” (watch it before you comment, you schmuck) where he talked about poor whites in the South who told their kids “at least you ain’t a nigger”.
Anger at their condition. Shame at their condition. The two equal the KKK. The two also equal the Nazis.
I am reminded, too, of the saying that “Germans are either at your feet or at your throat”. The two conditions fit perfectly for a society which will wind up both being told what to do, and dictating to others. That was then, of course.
I did read William Shirer’s “Rise and Fall of the Third Reich”. Notable in the history section was how often Germany was trod on, and by so many powers. Trauma breeds the Satanic Three: fear, anger, and shame.
Oh, there may come a time when we all speak the truth. Until then, I will try and speak my truth, and hope that others see it, recognize it, feel it, and benefit from me saying what had lain latent under the sea.
No time is ever devoid of the need for prophets. Whatever else I am, I am willing to suffer for the truth, to suffer to bring it to light, and to suffer for doing it.
After all this time, I am slowly becoming used to being me. You know, come what may, I am in the game. I am in the game.