Want to know about bullying and politics and how they’re closely related? Here’s everything you need to know.
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People don’t use bullying only to gain power over others in school or the workplace. Bullying is also used as a tool for political gain.
In this post, you will learn all about bullying and politics so you can easily see how they relate.
Once you learn all about this game-changing information, you will be better able to protect yourself from it and live a freer, happier life.
This post is all about bullying and politics, so that you can defend yourself against them and ensure your safety.
Bullying and Politics
Politics is a dirty word to a lot of people. Why? Because politics is dirty in and of itself. Therefore, even if many of us may hate politics, we must acknowledge that it exists and that it’s everywhere!
I completely understand why the word itself leaves such a bad taste in your mouth. It does mine as well. Why? Because I’ve been a victim of it many times in my lifetime.
And let’s be real. We’ve all been victims of it at some time or another. However, we must realize that bullying and politics go hand in hand- always!
They both go hand in hand.
Bullying and politics go hand in hand. There’s office politics in the workplace. Moreover, there are school and student politics. Politics isn’t only at the local, state, national, and world levels.
Again, it is everywhere. And the longer we deny it, the longer it will continue to steamroll us. We cannot avoid it or pretend it doesn’t exist.
You’ve heard the term, dirty politics.
Dirty politics is used to manipulate and restructure social hierarchies. Moreover, restructuring social hierarchies makes it easier to disempower targeted people and groups.
Dirty politics is about gaining power, nothing more.
But isn’t bullying about the same things? It also manipulates social orders and disempowers targets. Bullying and politics are both about revamping social orders and centralizing power only to a few in the highest echelons of power.
And it happens in schools, workplaces, communities, and government. Both bullying and politics are ugly and nasty.
Bullying is dirty politics!
I’ll leave you to think on this. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to share them in the comments below. And I’ll answer them as quickly and accurately as I can.
Bullying and Politics:
Bullies, Abusers, and Oppressive Governments
Bullies brainwash victims into thinking that they must depend on them for something. It’s true. I know this leaves you scratching your head. You may ask,
“Depend on bullies? For what?”
For approval, acceptance, and to have the ability to make friends.
Bullies
Yes. Bullies want you to believe you must depend on them to have those things. And it’s how they keep you begging for it. They dangle carrots of approval to keep you under their oppressive thumb.
And once they get you to do what they want, they yank it away. And why not? You’ve served your purpose. And now you’re of no use to them anymore. Right?
Domestic Abusers
Think about it. Domestic abusers do the same to their abused partners. They keep them dependent to maintain control.
And they do it by keeping them dependent on financial resources.
By controlling the purse strings, they can dominate freely. Abusive partners also shut down opportunities for you to make your own money.
Another control tactic of the spousal abuser is cutting the partner off from family and friends. If they can keep you away from your loved ones, it keeps the risk down.
Your family and friends will likely see them for what they are. Therefore, they may advise you to leave the relationship. Even scarier, you might take their advice.
And when that happens, the bully loses power. Why? Because without victims, bullies have no power. With domestic abuse, it’s less about keeping the abused partner from leaving and more about power.
Abuse is abuse, whether it comes in the form of bullying in school or domestic abuse in the home.
Bullying and Politics:
Oppressive Governments
Socialist and Communist governments also do the same to their people. They manipulate events and media narratives.
They even deliberately crash their countries’ economies. Why? To force the citizenry to become dependent on them.
They even set up terrorist regimes to beat any dissenters into submission and burn their homes and businesses. This is nothing new. Bullies in power have used these tactics throughout history!
And it’s how governments wrest control over your behavior. Even your thoughts! If they can keep you dependent, they can make the rules. They can tell you what to do. In fact, they can have complete domination over your life.
Dependency is death!
When you’re dependent on someone, you need them. And they can force you to put up with the most unspeakable abuses. Moreover, they can keep you silent by threatening to withdraw whatever it is you need.
You may feel you need friendship and approval. Or, it could be love and acceptance. It may be that you have a tyrannical boss and need your job to make a good living.
Maybe you’re an older person who needs food and medicine to stay alive.
And trust me, bullies would love to have complete control over every aspect of a person’s life. And if they can keep you dependent on them for your very safety and survival, don’t think they won’t!
Bullying and Politics:
With Bullies and Tyrants, it’s about having power over someone.
When control freaks use these methods of control, they strip you of your freedom and autonomy. They also keep you too afraid to be you.
And you don’t dare exercise your human rights. Why? Because you’re too terrified to stand up to them. Therefore, you can’t speak freely because you risk offending the wrong people.
When bullies in power trample your civil rights, they don’t allow you to be creative. In that, they screw with your ability to flourish.
bullies take your power because you give it to them.
It may not be intentional. In fact, victims may not realize they’re doing it. However, they usually give away their power. It doesn’t matter whether they mean to.
You don’t have to surrender control of your life to a bully. Therefore, call them out on their abuse. Assert your God-given right not to be controlled.
Sure, you’re taking a risk. The controlling person may retaliate. They may unleash even worse pain on you if you don’t obey. However, you damn sure can’t submit your way out of being lorded over either.
Why? Because you can’t appease a bully. Bullies are tyrants. And tyrants are never satisfied. They only get drunk on their power—they always up the ante.
In other words, bullies only take more power until you have none left. And then some.
Bullying and Politics:
Most bullies in power are sadistic.
Also, they tend to be sadistic monsters.
They live to see you suffer. But, here’s the thing. No amount of pain will ever be enough. You see? Bullies have an insatiable bloodlust. The more you struggle, the more they want you to.
You must realize that bullies, domestic abusers, oppressive governments, and regimes all have one thing in common. They love to control people. And how they do it is to keep them dependent!
Bullies think that you’re HERE for them, not the other way around.
This includes politicians and government figures. In their minds, you’re only here for their convenience. You’re a tool they use for their purposes. You’re a pawn they play to achieve their agenda. And you live for their pleasure, not your own.
Bullies rely on fear. And fear keeps you dependent. The tactics they use to keep you down are both universal and timeless.
You may not know it. And others may have convinced you otherwise. But you have more power than you know. Therefore, it’s up to you whether bullies take it away.
Bullying and Politics:
It’s why many young bullies want socialism.
They believe that they will be rewarded with power if it ever comes to fruition. But wait, there are other reasons they want it.
Bullies are extremely jealous and entitled. They resent anyone more successful. And they want to punish them for it.
Understand that most of them promote Marxism, Socialism, and Communism in America. How they do it is to join groups like BLM, Antifa, BAMN, and The Red Guard. And it’s because most of them were coddled kids whose parents never taught them the value of hard work.
How it all began.
Twenty-plus years ago, kids began getting participation trophies. They didn’t have to try. All they had to do was show up. So, they never learned good sportsmanship.
Their parents raised them using soft parenting strategies. They shielded their precious pride from disappointment. Therefore, they never had to deal with any sense of failure.
But then something happened. These children grew up. They got a rude awakening! They no longer had their overly protective parents to shield them from reality.
And, lo and behold, the real world gave them a good sucker-punch that shattered their fragile egos and sense of entitlement. Ouch!
Suddenly, they began to see that some people were just a little more fortunate than they were! That some people had more “stuff!” Then, it was:
- “Oh, my God! What a bummer!”
- “Oh, the unfairness of it all!”
- “The injustice of it all!”
- “How dare they have a life better than mine!”
Bullying and Politics:
Bullies are highly entitled and get jealous easily.
Bullies easily become jealous. And it doesn’t matter whether you worked your butt off for what you have.
Maybe you too lived in poverty. But you started your own business and pulled yourself out of it. Or, you worked like a dog, and now, you get to live comfortably. However, they don’t care how you got there.
Therefore, the attitude is, “If I can’t have it, then, by George, I’ll make sure nobody else gets it either!”
Therefore, when you succeed, you force bullies to look at their own lives. And they get angry. They feel as if life didn’t give them a fair shake. So they shouldn’t have to work for anything.
They would rather have security than freedom. Why? Because their parents gave them too much of it while they were growing up.
These groups give bullies a sense of power.
Again, there’s power in the collective. These bullies claim they want to make the world more equal. However, they don’t prioritize equality. If they did, they wouldn’t be bullies.
So, they only pretend to champion the downtrodden. Because that’s what they have to do to achieve power and control, and once they do, they can go after those they despise without suffering any consequences.
Bullying and Politics:
In Conclusion
Bullying and politics are both about power. They’re interconnected. Too many people separate them. But they’re close siblings.
And once we realize this, we will realize that bullying is more than just behavior. It’s a system.
This post is all about bullying and politics so that you can have the knowledge you need to see bullying as a system rather than a behavior.
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