
Trump currently is telling Americans millions of scum are invading the country it’s absolutely false but Americans are happy to see kids drown or be shot. Not however at their Northern border with Canada.
Human rights scholars know that the key to waging an unfair fight is demonizing and dehumanizing your opponent. Less attention has been put to the fact that doing that means that there are now no longer two legitimate sides in a conflict. You don’t have a fair fight because you actually don’t have a fight. When there aren’t two recognized sides in a conflict, you get blood sport, not fighting.