I know not how many of you are aware of this, but ...

...our society's at war.  Not with the Middle East.  Nor with North Korea.  Nor with China.

I'm talking about the eternally ongoing war within.  One that's always been active since time eternal.  The one between the citizens themselves.

It's usually a "cold civilian war" for the most part, although still volatile enough to erupt into isolated violent encounters under turbulent enough circumstances or situations.

The animosity is always present, even if normally covertly and clandestinely glossed over.

And you can never tell who your adversaries may be.  Like in any other type of guerrilla warfare the enemies often disguise themselves as just regular "average 'Joes' and 'Janes'".  You never know who is liable to just go off on you for "saying the wrong thing", or just because they "don't like" how you behave, how you walk, or how you look, or whatever.

You never know who might be slandering you behind your back, who's figuring out how to rip you off----or how to get you fired, evicted, or arrested.  Or who's poisoning or contaminating your food or drink when you eat out (all while acting friendly or cordial face-to-face).

You just never know who may "have it in for you" or why, or whether occasional discordant interactions may have a tinge of discrimination about them.

Everyday life can often be sort of along the same line as the early 20th-century Second Boer war, if you stop to think about it.