Bullies come in all sizes and shapes, but the one thing we can say that is common for all bullies is that they pick on those that they perceive are the most vulnerable, for they make an easy target for them, along with the salient fact that they are going to be able to bully them without any real fear that they will ever lose the battle. While this may well make a bully to feel good that they have intimidated and hurt the other, it doesn’t, though, do much of anything to correct or to alleviate what is really bothering the bully to begin with, which makes that person or institution a bully in the first place.
In other words, those that bully typically have their own gripes that frustrate them endlessly and therefore they decide to strike out against those that are the least able to defend themselves successfully, but by doing so they have not resolved the crux of the problem, which is why they are going to keep up bullying again and again, without seeming to understand that those that they are bullying, are in actuality, not the problem, and clearly therefore are not the right target.
The reason bullies repeatedly pick the wrong target is that they seek an easy solution to a problem they have not properly considered, and that is more complicated and nuanced than they think. That is to say, the frustration that breeds bullying has a lot to do with a lack of self-respect and a concern that the foundation a bully stands upon is under some sort of assault, with the little that they have subject to being lost, and because they can’t seem to figure out where the problem lies, they seek out and hurt those who are easy targets to ease their frustration.
So too, the powers that be, don’t have any real issues with those others that do the bullying, because in many a case, it is those powers that are the problem, because they make it their point to desire to see some sort of constant class warfare, which signifies that those that should join together, because there is power in those numbers, are less susceptible to joining together, if they perceive the other as competing for the same small slice of the pie, as compared to wondering why it is that only the few and connected have what appears to be more than their fair share of that pie.
Indeed, the anger directed by those who bully is almost always addressed against the wrong target, because the right target is typically corrupt and selfish people as well as institutions who are very well placed, connected, and have lots of power, or access to such, which signifies that a bully isn’t going to be successful should they try to outmuscle them, and essentially are going to fail, if they try. In reality, bullies need to recognize that in order for meaningful change to occur, they are going to need to join up with those whom they previously bullied, because in numbers, there is strength.