There is definitely a false sense of security. Also a false idea of who is protecting us. The idea we're protected by our governments or the military or the fucking cops ffs. And like you alluded to - we have this overinflated idea of ourselves that we're actually going to learn from our mistakes. I mean, I think we could, but how things happen and what the media and governments tell people is absolute hogwash. We can't learn from our mistakes when we don't know what went wrong. I'm continually dumbfounded by the support of so many people for current US immigration policy. Obviously a majority don't support it, but it blows my mind anyone does. The fact that so many have fallen once again for this idea that another poor person is the source of your problems just boggles the mind. The fact that racism is so rampant that people are able to dehumanize people to the point they can justify locking up children and making them sleep on the floor is just something else. People fall for the simple tricks of the 1% elite again and again.
While I do agree with you that the screaming matches and hateful insults have gotten fully out of control and that the division is definitely a strategy of the powers that be, I don't necessarily feel that way about most of antifa or most feminists. I know people involved with antifa, and they're good people who genuinely want only to protect those who are being targeted by a growing hate movement in the US. While I was there in the US, there was a fellow who liked to walk in an anarchist bookstore and start yelling hateful shit about trans people and poc. He had been known to start fights. Antifa was around to protect those who felt threatened by this guy and also let him know (hopefully without violence) that it's time for him to move along. They also often surround nonviolent protesters at Black Lives Matter events or counter protests when neo Nazis decide to get together. They will simply circle and protect them. Their mission is to never use violence unless you or someone else is being physically assaulted. Obviously there are renegades, but that's the idea in any case. Anyway, they get a lot of bad press so I try to counter that when I can. I also hear that a lot about feminists being super aggressive, but that hasn't been my experience. Mostly I have seen a lot of guys who get super defensive and fragile really quickly. My boy will be 21 next week (sniff, sniff!), and I see the devastating effect of our culture's ideas about what it means to be a man. He's really had to undo a lot of garbage - even being raised by me and around other women. I think most feminists want an end to this toxic version of masculinity, no more invasion of our bodies, and more pockets. I guess there are more and more women who are getting frustrated by the lack of change. The problem- and maybe this is what you're getting at - is that it's being directed in the wrong direction. The average guy usually agrees once he understands what you're talking about, but the patriarchal structure, like the racist one and the earth destruction one is held up at the top. The average person can do nothing about this.

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