In point of fact, the Left has made people think they are about envy in order to disguise the jealousy they are really working to further. Nothing about the Left can ever be taken at face value. The fact that the Left seeks openly to generate envy is the greatest and best evidence that that is in fact not their real objective or methods.

1. Totalitarian government authority

2. The victim classes themselves, in the form of individuals or gay groups or black panther gangs, etc.

3. The enemy, i.e. Republicans, Uncle Toms, racists, Tea Partiers, and so on.

By making number 2 afraid that number 3 will take away number 1’s support and comfort of number 2, jealousy is generated. Not envy. Or rather, not simply envy. By adding a single element, the Left transforms basic emotions into negative emotions. And negative emotions into evil emotions. Not that complicated really. Certainly doesn’t cost as much money as an armed rebellion.

This motivates number 2 to strike relentlessly at number 3 in order to SECURE and own the love of Mamma and Daddy Big Brother government. Don’t let the evil Republicans take away your welfare bottle. They’re going to make it so that your people starve in the streets and die from back alley abortions. ANd they’ll make sure you die without medical insurance.

Ever wonder what would happen if an Iago said that to a jealous ex of yours when your ex has the power to crush your relationship with your current girlfriend?

The former, not the latter. Another one of those pet peeves.

Jealousy is normally a negative and self-destructive emotion as well as being societally inefficient. It generates motivation not to better one self or one’s society of friends, but to tear things apart.

Envy on the other hand is often wise a positive motivator as it forces people to mimic what they admire or envy, thus providing a chance that they themselves will be successful.

The relationship between rivals is seen in American culture as inherently negative, at least in the modern era. In the Japanese perspective, rivals are seen as best friends, who understand each other better than anyone else, and who uses the competitive urge to better both parties.

The urge to not lose out to your foe forces people to become better.

In a love triangle, however, people are weak and foolish so they often take the easy path of sabotaging one leg of the triangle in order to empower another leg. They don’t have to improve when they can use 1/10 of the energy in blowing up someone else’s relationship to gain that which they seek and fear to lose.

When it’s just between two people, they don’t have as many cheats available to them. So it becomes more efficient to simply compete with all that they have. They don’t want to lose out to their rival because other people aren’t worth the trouble of beating. They don’t want to lose out to their rival because their rival is what they themselves see as best to have in themselves, thus to recognize defeat is to recognize the defeat of one’s hopes and aspirations.

In popular Hollywood parlance, you don’t often see social competition portrayed in a positive and sound fashion. That’s primarily because Hollywood itself is SOCIALLY SCREWED up beyond your wildest imaginations.

Jealousy is much less harmful. It can lead to envy, certainly, but it can also motivate one to achieve that which you admire. Nobody decries politics of jealousy. It’s politics of envy that is scary.

I am envious of your relationship with YOUR girlfriend.

I am jealous of your relationship with MY girlfriend.

The former is a matter of desiring what another has, based in covetousness.

The latter is a matter of fearing the loss of what you already have, based in insecurity.

Some writer said “envy has destroyed more marriages than jealousy ever thought of doing.”

(And thanks for the link.)