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They would rather view other people of races or world views as complete aliens. Those slavish and servile weaklings. Those arrogant entitled pricks. Those status seeking junkies. Those spiritually hypocritical jerks. That lying fake scum. Those abusive tyrants.

Yet how much effort does it *really* take to understand someone else's position? It's not that hard. You just suspend disbelief for a few moments. Is it *that* shameful to feel fooled? There's a whole day in April dedicated to the celebration of fools.

A fool is someone who is afraid to look a fool. It's the classic look rich or be wealthy trap. It's funny to see so many self-identified intellectuals fall in this same trap while looking down on those who chose wealth.

Similarly many bullied people act like they have absolutely no clue how bullies could act so mean. They're so caught up in their victim narrative that they wonder this even as they scowl at the waitress and kick the dog.

Play literally any game that has winners and losers. Doesn't it feel *good* winning over the weak losers? Doesn't it feel *good* being considered a Great Player or a Guru of the Game?

Every 'evil' or 'bad' person is much closer to who you think you are than you might imagine. As is every 'hero' and 'heroine'.

Some nice old lady brings joy to people on both sides of a dispute? Find her and tell her to demand that she show you the magic trick. That is... if you really care about resolving the conflict. It's easier to ignore such people as not high-minded enough to see the problem.

"We share the same soul, the same spark of consciousness." "Lol grandma is nice but uneducated. She doesn't understand that those people should be hated and we have nothing to learn from them."