The Difference Between Hate and Anger (The Story of the Clan)

(Illustrative)

Ever person has rights.

Good people know that. I thought

our founding mothers and fathers

already covered this. They

left us some notes, papers,

stories, and signatures

related to their sacrafices.

When they hate, you respond

with kindness. When

they corrupt you respond

with moral conviction.

Say "hi" and be polite

where ignorance is normalized.

Be kind for yourself

and not for them. They

have not developed as people

yet.

Their failures are not yours as

long as you supported

what was good and had

disdain for what was wrong. 

"Never does hatred cease by

hating in return; only through

love can hatred come

to an end. This is an unalterable law."

Buddha

This is an interesting piece on the difference between hate and anger, and the distinct purposes each serves. According to the discussion, anger is often about confrontation and, at times, resolution. Hate, by contrast, is more closely tied to the desire to neutralize others or make targets suffer. Where anger can be temporary and situational, hate tends to be sustained and destructive. In the Story of the Clan years of targetings and financial incentives for doing so would indicate more hate than anger (...along with corruption and other patterns of wrongdoing by some group members)

In our hypothetical story of the clan—used as a learning-focused thought experiment—this distinction is essential. Come to any conclusion you desire based on your personal beliefs. Thinking about it is enough. Hate is portrayed as an extremely corrosive force, one that can persist for years if left unchecked (or fostered as an unwritten policy of entitlement.). When adequate checks and balances are functionally absent, hate can become normalized within parts of a system, serving as an indicator of futures unknown (Time actually does answer all questions. The more time it takes to correct, then the higher the crimes of intentional negligence. History shows the past and the lessons we should learn so we do not carry the same mistakes into the future.  A type of metric. Time is a series of choices so make sure yours are doing good.)

In our example there was no one immune; except the perpetrators. Children were put at risks, people followed home, open manipulation, group targetings, the sick taken advantage of, threats of violence, staring people down, hostile group antics, allegations of sexual exploitation by some officials, secret courts and whistleblower target lists, a few corrupted law officers taught perptrators how to target people (Where did they learn it from?) and conflicts of interests with judges (some officials later caught in other misbehaviors that should have been investigated instead given sweet deals), rumor spreading, damaging employment prospects and pretty much anything you wanted to do against "those people" (Not always just "those people" and that included others. They damages their whole community in some ways because they want to please their bigotroes. Decline in relation to the Clans rise apparent but good people started to reverse. They did stop for a short time when they realized they could actually get busted but continued again once they realized there were no functional checks and balances in our story. Reassurances that their behaviors were sanctioned. False alarm on values. All normal again...).

The perpetrators have no real reason to hate the targets other then they were told it was the "cool thing to do" with a few manipulted pieces of information and people wanted things (greed and financial goals). The amount of people who came out and acted was an amazing site to see. The victims took with grace and encourage the system to adapt to protect the next victims and generation. Open attempts to harm targets, remove them from social clubs, and cleanse them out of the community even though they had more rights to be there then the perpetrators and have earned them many times over. Laws non functional protected by partisanship despite being highly illegal. The victims had to deal with aggression after aggression from people they had no problem with. The clan oriented courts were well aware of the wrongdoing but had their own religious and political perspectives and wanted others to learn "a lesson" on how things work in the real world. (That is the world they see but if we squint our eyes we can envision a better one. Work to protect institutions from misuse.). Dehumanization normalized, fostered and in the process of collectivization (not by accident).

Because this is a constructive scenario, we are free to imagine a different outcome. In our version, the system ultimately does adapt. It strengthens support for ethical officials and public servants, reinforces accountability, and develops mechanisms to identify and remove bad actors. Rather than collapsing under corruption and hate, the system learns, reforms, and begins to function as it was intended. It serves its people and trust moves upward (Trust is related to functionality). It honors the vast majority of good officials who stand by their oaths and communities. They are our heros and corrupted people should be removed no matter the institution or organization. When they hate, understand where it comes from and your duty to reply with truth and kindness. These issues can be resolved if you think about what is essential and helpful to everyone. Let us not repeat the past. Let us learn from our real time failures.

How might anger versus hate have different outcomes, velocity and duration when directed at targets? Hate and Anger are Different