The true enemy is the one shaking the jar

[Darkover]

Did you know that if you put 100 black ants and 100 red ants in a jar, nothing will happen? But if you shake the jar hard, the ants start killing each other. The red ants consider the black ants their enemies, and the black ants consider the red ants their enemies. The true enemy is the one shaking the jar. The same thing happens in human society. So, before we attack each other, we should think about who is shaking the jar!

 

[Pluto]

I agree. Rupert Murdoch is a name that springs to mind.

 

[wCvML2]

There's this cliche scene in a lot of movies of a character causing a commotion in a dense crowd by pushing or hitting someone random and hiding to make it look like the person behind them was the culprit, so this jar shaking is demonstrated in pop culture quite frequently but I wonder if people apply it to politics as well