Projection

Projection is a term referring to a human tendency, as a defense, to project personal fears, faults, failings, emotions upon another who is perceived as safe, neutral or hostile. Example: An insecure person who is performing well at work might still accuse a taciturn boss of thinking he is inadequate if he is stressed. He projects his own feelings of inadequacy onto the blank screen of the inscrutable authority figure. I feel that projection has become an American habit, especially on the geopolitical level. We point fingers at repressive and racist regimes, while the current government in America is sexist, racist, repressive, secretive. We point at 'terrorists' as beastly, irrational and violent, while we senselessly bomb and shoot innocents in the name of democracy, a political system which we do not even have in America. America is a federal republic, not a democracy. If America were a democracy, it would not be run by 10% (the corporate wealthy) of the population. I have an idea. I think, if people began to stop projecting and start communicating about what is really happening around them, things might begin to get better. Try it.