The Explanatory Power Of Envy

     First, a few words from an obscure Fifties novel:

     “I’d like to see him beaten,” he said. “I’d like to hear him scream with pain, just once.”
     “You won’t, Jimmy.”
     “Why does he think he’s better than the rest of us—he and that sister of mine?”
     She chuckled.
     He rose as if she had slapped him. He went to the bar and poured himself another drink, not offering to refill her glass.
     She was speaking into space, staring past him. “He did notice my existence—even though I can’t lay railroad tracks for him and erect bridges to the glory of his Metal. I can’t build his mills—but I can destroy them. I can’t produce his Metal—but I can take it away from him. I can’t bring men down to their knees in admiration—but I can bring them down to their knees.”
     “Shut up!” he screamed in terror, as if she were coming too close to that fogbound alley which had to remain unseen.
     She glanced up at his face. “You’re such a coward, Jim.”

     Good people largely refuse to believe it. They can’t bridge the divide between their benevolence and the will-to-destroy of those whom envy has conquered. And so they act as if it’s unreal… a toddler’s tantrum: “It’s not fair!” But it’s real, and more powerful than the good people can imagine.

     Remember that on his first day in office, Joe Biden signed a number of executive orders reversing the executive orders issued by Donald Trump. Perhaps he, his brain already addled, didn’t appreciate the wave of destruction he was unleashing. His handlers did, most assuredly.

     The motive was not “the greater good.” The motive was not “lifting up the downtrodden.” The motive was not “advancing equality / equity.” The motive was the destruction of what the Left could never build, for that is the Prime Directive of envy.

     Most people who go into politics do so out of a desire for power and status. Note that in recent years, most of those have not been what a rational man would call “accomplished.” Try enumerating the objective “accomplishments” of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Proceed thence to the objective “accomplishments” of just about anyone on the political Left. How do they stack up against the accomplishments of Donald Trump?

     The Left is consumed by envy. Envy is hatred by another name. And hatred has one agenda: destruction.

     Have a nice day.