My view on all this is that 'they' want to segment the population by dividing the population into small interest groups and drip feed these groups with single interest problems, or issues, that divert that specific grouping of people from 'lesser' interest issues which are of an interest to us all.
We have gender interest groups that have been segregated into more and more smaller groups from the more homogenous grouping of straight, Gay and Lesbian people, into the LGBTQA goupings, along with Cisgender people.
We have the strident shoutings of those that want to divide the general populace into political persuasions, rather than 'us Lot'.
We have Pre-war, Boomers, X, Y, and Millenials that divide us, we have clans, or urban tribes like punks, rastas, goths, &c., which divide us further, all the while zealously encouraged by media outlets.
Meanwhile, in the background, we have governments, corporations, ngo's, &c. doing all sorts of bastardry that would not be tolerated if we were a cohesive and united populace - but, and this is the big but - those previously mentioned are the ones encouraging the fracturing of the general population into these disfunctional, ununited groups that have been encouraged to only think to the end of their noses, creating a disorganised rabble that has no chance against political parties that have bugger all differences between 'em.
At the same time, we have human rights being slowly disolved away, we have chronically sick people being judged capable of working when they aren't capable of working, manufacturing being sent off shore.
We have the lads and lasses from those areas of social distress being encouraged to join our 'defence' forces who are then sent overseas to impose our allied governments mores on already fractured societies due to schisms within their non-sectarian governments while millions of people are fleeing these areas, impacting on other countries, making a mockery of state and national boundaries.
And this my dears is happening generally all over the world - and if we kvetch, nay, question it, we are the biggots, we are the racists, we are the tory/whig scum, we are the ones that don't have a clue, we are the ones not partaking in the conversation, we are the micro-agressives who are invading safe spaces.
If we believe the counter argument that we are all of the above then we wind up with damaged morale, we wind up with a head and heart full of doubt, which lends itself toward an easily manipulated populace who are too scared to voice an unpopular opinion in fear that it's me against the rest of the world - which is just what 'they' want.
So fuck'em - keep bringing up those awkward questions, keep talking on that forbidden subject, tell that supercilious egoist 'No', because if you don't, nobody else will...eh.
I'll get of me soapbox now.
