Ted Rall: How Society Makes Victimhood a No-Win Proposition

Ted Rall examines How Society Makes Victimhood a No-Win Proposition.

Society doesn’t like victims. Victims make us uncomfortable. It’s probably a vestige of our Darwinian instinct for survival: the monkey clan prospers when its members are healthy and lucky, but finds life perilous around those who are sick and unfortunate. We turn away from the unlucky: the homeless man, the woman whose face bears burn scars, the black guy getting choked to death by cops. Not our business, not our problem, these are troubles to be avoided. I do it too.

This instinct goes double for those who refuse to soft-pedal their victimhood. Not even the most active social justice warriors have Rose McGowan’s back in her Twitter crusade against Harvey Weinstein — she’s a bit too angry for comfort. (Her recent drug arrest doesn’t help.)

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This is especially so in a society that is built on Darwinian survival: Capitalism. The apex predator is worshipped and emulated. Victims are trophies to be displayed and mocked.

Donald Trump is an unabashed Capitalist and enough Americans wanted him to be a symbol of their country that he became POTUS.