Yes yes yes! The Chosen One trope, in most of it's variations, is often lovely wish fulfullment, but it doesn't inspire action in the real world, it doesn't say 'individuals can make a difference' and just as importantly 'lots of individuals acting towards the same goal can make a huge difference'.
Regarding your original post I think it is a fundamental to a certain mind set, often but not always associated with extreem political views on either wing, that 'they' really are different. These people do not, as you say, listen to evidence that shows them to be wrong because it challenges their self-perception as exceptional people, not just lucky to be born into a well-to-do family. And to them 'they' are not just those of a different colour, but those of the same colour who had the bad taste to be born poor, and who can be exploited and manipulated as cannon fodder in one form or another.
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Date: 2017-02-07 01:55 pm (UTC)Regarding your original post I think it is a fundamental to a certain mind set, often but not always associated with extreem political views on either wing, that 'they' really are different. These people do not, as you say, listen to evidence that shows them to be wrong because it challenges their self-perception as exceptional people, not just lucky to be born into a well-to-do family. And to them 'they' are not just those of a different colour, but those of the same colour who had the bad taste to be born poor, and who can be exploited and manipulated as cannon fodder in one form or another.