Divide and conquer

The power elite benefits by sowing discord among different groups of us in the 98%. This is very blatant in their messages in the conservative media & by conservative leaders, to cause antagonism by conservatives toward progressives. But they also jerk progressives around to cause them to react in ways to make progressives look bad to conservatives. If progressives don't react strongly enough, I have no doubt that the power elite plants comments supposedly coming from progressives that make them look back, and that encourage such behaviour from true progressives.