Hatred of the poor is universal phenomenon that cuts across all cultures, and yet does not even have a name. The closest we have is “classism”, but this is something different. This isn’t a preference or a bias, people go out of their way to abuse the poor. Abusing the poor fills some kind of emotional need.
I think it also comes down to the reality there is no purpose or reasoning for our existence. And the more money and time you have to realize it, the more the mind needs to have the conclusion, but, there has to be more. So they strive to create a fanciful story to follow… otherwise, the veneer cracks.
Personally, I find a sense of serenity in the idea, but I might be a rarity. Either way, just my ramblings on it lol
Hatred of the poor is universal phenomenon that cuts across all cultures, and yet does not even have a name. The closest we have is “classism”, but this is something different. This isn’t a preference or a bias, people go out of their way to abuse the poor. Abusing the poor fills some kind of emotional need.
I think it also comes down to the reality there is no purpose or reasoning for our existence. And the more money and time you have to realize it, the more the mind needs to have the conclusion, but, there has to be more. So they strive to create a fanciful story to follow… otherwise, the veneer cracks. Personally, I find a sense of serenity in the idea, but I might be a rarity. Either way, just my ramblings on it lol
it’s got to do with presumed entitlement ( altering one’s identity’s frame-of-“rightful”-reference ), then with prejudice:
IF I have privilege that those homeless-scum/underclass lives don’t,
AND my privilege is inherent, or earned, or bestowed-by-G-D,
THEN their inferiority is inherent, or earned, or put-on-them-by-god.
ergo, prejudice’s justification, & only through protecting-itself can prejudice gain greater significance…
( I’m saying this as a guy whose 1st homeless experience was in about 1983, & I’ve earned 7+y of outright homelessness )
it’s definitely identity-rooted, & it’s definitely segregation-of-validity-to-the-privileged unconscious-mind mechanism.
As others have pointed-out, through the ages, prejudice is often attacking others out of fear for one’s own weak/flawed “validity”…
so, attacking the “nonvalid” in order to protect the “validity” of the "superiors…
I don’t think any mechanism more-involved than that is required, to understand it being normal all 'round the world…
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