“…what else are they supposed to think?”
The problem is that they don’t think because hatred is an emotion and it only flourishes in the absence of thought. Teenagers are especially susceptible as they don’t have any historical perspective or real-world experience to temper their rather intemperate behavior.
Teenagers are also quite susceptible to the “fairness” issue, the issue of the “haves” and the “have nots”, because they’ve largely been given everything that they have. However, there is a fairly simple solution — you simply confiscate the “haves” cellphones, iPods, jewelry, etc from a small group and redistribute them to “have nots” in the same group (or box them up for shipment to Goodwill). It drives home the message that what government gives to one citizen it must first take from another. It’s also helpful to criticize the “haves” for not having more that you can take away, for not contributing “their fair share”. Lousy slackers…
