@Sheril@mastodon.social I would argue this is no coincidence but, in fact, done by design. It didn't really originate here, but we do seem to have refined the methodology. It doesn't even end there. Racism and hate in general are thrown in. We're taught from an early age to believe anyone who is poor must be so because they're lazy and just generally bad people "looking for handouts" of "our money." And thus the rich don't need powerful forces to control us to keep the divide. We do it for them.