It’s a phrase I’ve come across on the internet, where people share ‘stories’ of their childhood and of the subtle or sometimes extreme favouritism that was prevalent within the sibling ranks. The golden child. And of course, it was a great film in the 80’s with Eddie Murphy and with slightly different meaning.

But in the set up where a seemingly equal situation should occur, there is a wild imbalance. Where favouritism and separatism creep in, and a difference of expectation, affection, and reward are often the result. And this can happen in all sorts of scenarios outside of the family structure, teacher’s pet, star employee, golden child etc, and seems to be wherever you have people. Because it’s clearly a trait that some humans have, not to just to have a preference, but to make sure it is used as a weapon and tool of dominance, of control and of manipulation.

The psychological effects are known, and that’s sometimes why people do it. Deliberate favouritism, to show you and tell you how someone else is better, more important, worthy, and qualifies for more. But that isn’t enough, it’s like they need to see you go without, see you thrown aside and be affected by being discarded. And it really isn’t a problem that only affects children at all, it’s just often when it begins or people are first exposed to it. Not that everyone notices, some people end up taking it all in and just end up thinking they aren’t good enough, or thinking they deserve to be treated as lesser because the systematic exposure to it gets ingrained and you become conditioned to it.

So, when an entire population gets shunned and has to watch the ‘golden child’ get adopted into the family with a very public and nasty replacement, it can be very hurtful, shocking and demoralising. As it would be if an actual parent did that to their own child, making sure everyone got to see them being thrown away and treated like crap over someone else. But it’s weirdly sinister with the government doing it to you, after they have conditioned you to see them as a caregiver and helping hand, because they also make you pay with your actual time, money and life to have it done to you. Having already trapped you into the systems that feeds it, with rules, laws, bullying and threats to force people to comply, to keep quiet and to keep handing over more of their time and money to keep it going. Making Money From Misery is an industry they don’t want to let go of, with new and elaborate ways to make people miserable…

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