The People United Will Never Be Defeated!
A fine slogan, innit? Good for rallying the masses to resist oppression and all that.
But...
When we see that a political faction is busily sowing disunity - identity politics, critical race theory, segregated schools, always setting some of the people against the others - we may develop just a teeny little suspicion that the leaders of that faction are in fact planning to defeat the people, and find it expedient to divide them first.
Maybe this is not such a good idea? Maybe we the people ought to be resisting the divisiveness, and instead fighting those who would divide us?
Pay attention to the messaging. Mind who's pushing it. Don't believe propaganda that tells you that the plain-bellied Sneetches consider you inferior and are out to exterminate you; listen to what actual plain-bellied Sneetches themselves are saying - and keep in mind that they're probably being told that you [correction: your kind] plan to exterminate them.
Pay attention to who's trying to build bridges, and who's busily burning them. Never, ever believe what the talking heads on TV tell you. And sharpen up those pitchforks.
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