Originally Posted by
casscorridor
Reactionary forces are based on exploiting real or perceived threats, they play to peoples emotions- their fears and anxieties. They say we need to build walls to contain or "protect" certain areas, they've said this in Israel/Palestine, in Germany during before and after the WWII, on the U.S./Mexican border, and even in Detroit. There is always a group of people, usually a race or ethnic group, that they must contain. Whether it be Jews during Nazism, Palestinians today, Immigrants [[especially from Latin America) or African-Americans, there is always a scapegoat. The owners and managers of society use a scapegoat to avoid the real problem, which is the very relationship of power and ownership and control in the economy and in society as a whole.