An easy answer is that “Hate is the opposite of love.” The varying degrees of hate, from mild environmentalist to ravenous Communist, defines the lack of love in people’s lives. Karl Marx, it’s clear from his writings, hated everyone. The least radical environmentalists still hate what people do, hate how wasteful people are, and hate how little power they have.
Love impels us to help people. Hate prompts us to destroy them. The division could not be clearer. Often, there are several children raised in an atmosphere of hate. Some of them are not hateful. Random acts of love and concern do a lot to give those devoid of love the sense that someone cares about them.
Since love does destroy hate, we may measure how little we love by the sorry state of the world around us. It’s hard for us to admit, but those who hate and hurt us simply have too little love in their lives. It’s up to us to love them. no matter how they tax and regulate and steal from us.
It’s not easy, but it’s the best we can do.
