It is maybe nothing but human nature, I can't be sure at the moment, I don't have any psychological or anthropological background to make a statement, but I would like to share a small thought I had this morning.
I was checking in the news than the Brexit party (MEPs) turn backs on Ode to Joy at European parliament. Besides reckoning the immature attitude of these politicians, I did see the pattern politicians are following. It caught my attention that in history, hate has being use by poor leaders to unite people under their flag. To cite some examples:
- Hitler used a racist thought to unite the Germanic tribes under an arian flag, and twisted that thought to promote and excuse a war we all know.
- Trump used a xenophobic idea to unite the economical dissatisfied USA citizens, and used that to pass so many crazy laws and probably win next elections.
- Now, in the UK, Nigel Farage is using a bad settled Brexit situation to induce fear that will probably end up in hate towards de European Union.
So my point is, that these leaders convince people to not achieve a common global goal, probably based on selfishness in order to satisfy their own agenda, and the only way to convince the people that such common goal is not the best option, is to create and promote hate.
News I mentioned:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/02/brexit-party-meps-turn-their-backs-european-anthem-ode-to-joy