What is happening to us?

Please read the following text very carefully. It describes what is happening to us. It applies to the general mood in which we seem engulfed. Your comments are welcome. I will reveal its author in my next post.

“The best way to dominate and gain control over people is to spread despair and discouragement, even under the guise of defending certain values. Today, in many countries, hyperbole, extremism and polarization have become political tools. Employing a strategy of ridicule, suspicion and relentless criticism, in a variety of ways one denies the right of others to exist or to have…