If you put 100 black ants and 100 red ants together in a jar, nothing unusual will happen.
They will coexist peacefully.
But the moment you shake the jar, the ants will start killing each other!
The red ants will think the black ants are their enemies,
and the black ants will think the red ants are their enemies.
However, the real enemy is the one who shook the jar.
The same thing happens in human society.
Someone from behind — a hidden hand — provokes and stirs up conflict between two groups,
and while they fight each other, that third party benefits.
So, before we rush to fight one another,
we should stop and ask ourselves:
“Who’s shaking the jar?”
