The Evil Within

Those who protest for equality are not seeking balance; they are seeking superiority. If all boats rise the same when the tide goes up, many boat owners will not be satisfied. 

This is proven as you look at the continual hatred and violence strewn towards those who use their position and power to gain a position. Yet, the angry people are angry about not being privileged and hope to hold a privileged position over those who currently have that position. Nobody wants to be the same; they want to measure themselves against others and know that their life is better than others. As soon as those who are not “privileged” become “privileged,” they become the very people that they have been protesting. 

The privilege and the “non-privileged” all see their causes through their own eyes or circumstances. In the Bible, in Proverbs 26:12, it says, “Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.”

We seem to always be wise in our own eyes and live in the context of our understanding. Our anger and hatred make sense to us and is reasonable under our circumstances. Our self-inflicted misery is something we have earned, and nobody is going to take it away.

Continually comparing our lives to others places us in a prison of misery and destroys any chance of a joyful and meaningful life. 

Those who live in such a manner have normalized using people rather than loving people. The privileged can easily use people to maintain their privileged position. Those who protest against the privileged use people to gain the position they desire and then continue to use them to maintain their position. 

The privileged and those who desire to be the privileged often use people rather than love people. Those seeking to be privileged use their ability to stoke up a crowd and think nothing of sacrificing otherwise innocent youths who get swept into the passion of the movement. Those who desire to maintain their privilege use their money, power and influence to keep a comfortable distance between themselves and that “working class.”

The point is that we are all the same. The protester and the privileged seem to have the same motives and use what they have to promote or protect their cause. In that way, it seems we are already equal. 

The Scriptures teach us that we were made to love God and each other. Those in God’s family are taught that they are part of the “body” of Christ. The body illustration is perfect in that it is composed of many parts. The parts are not equal in that they do not do the same function, but they are all essential and work together to make the whole functional. Perhaps that is the way it is meant to be.