Definitions by Solid Mantis
Change
Hardly any change doesn't make things worse. Telling people things will get worse before they get better is misleading, but it sounds good. The reality is things often get worse before they keep getting worse and worse, spiraling out of control in the end. The light at the end of a tunnel isn't guaranteed to be daylight, and people that rely on someone else to pull them from the darkness are fucked, but nobody tells them they are.
Change by Solid Mantis February 3, 2021
Revolution
People that talk about a revolution often don't usually want anything but to counter any resistance, and provoke people. There's not much sense in buying in to the hype, since the only relevant revolution is the one where the planet spins around the sun.
Any revolution in history has been overrated, since human nature hasn't changed much since the beginning of humans. Nothing changes when a new year begins, and nothing needs to. Sometimes things are as good as they are going to get.
Revolution by Solid Mantis February 3, 2021
Friends
Telling people they can live together as friends even though they have no reason to trust the person telling them that is a good way to get them accustomed to falling in line with an agenda. Gaining their trust, eliminating/crushing resistance to an agenda, and access to or control of something is the intention of someone that does that. People already know who their friends are in life.
Friends by Solid Mantis February 3, 2021
Justice
Yet another catch phrase that sounds good, noble, and righteous to the masses to gain their support.
Justice as a surface matter is a lot like equality, fairness, unity, or peace. It sounds good to the masses, and anybody can say they support it to gain access or control of something, or to get the masses to fall in line with their agenda down the road somewhere. Telling people they will have these things if they are patient instead of telling them they will have to wake up and fight if they don't want to lose any sense of rights they have is misleading.
Justice by Solid Mantis February 3, 2021
Power struggle
North/south, east/west, and revenge are a few other surface matters unrelated to politics, religion, or resources that people conceal a power struggle with.
The power struggle was said to be about equality, unity, or fairness, things that would sound good, noble, and righteous, and get more people (a wider audience or network of support) to fall in line with the agenda of a group looking to gain access or control of something.
Power struggle by Solid Mantis February 3, 2021
Power struggle
A few more things on a list of things people might struggle over are North/South, East/West, revenge, have/have not, meek/bold, and the list goes on to about anything you can think of. People will say/do about anything to get other people to agree/compromise with them getting what they want in the end.
Of course the person or group would say the power struggle was about equality or fairness, something that sounded more noble or righteous than it really was, since all people know that life isn't really fair for anybody. They knew that as kids, before they got good at deceiving people to make money.
Power struggle by Solid Mantis February 3, 2021
Power struggle
On the surface, it was about racism, or sexism, or homophobia (or religion, or politics), and enemies of one group or another were given to the ones the group wanted to fall in line with their agenda, but when you got past all the bullshit, it was the same kind of power struggle any other power struggle had always been.
Power struggle by Solid Mantis February 3, 2021