Hatred and instilling fear in front of those who are not like us is the most effective way to rally people and control them. How to teach a child not to succumb to manipulation?
“He knows no mercy. He kills women and children. It is because of him that the war is going on, ”the soldier says about his enemy, sitting in a trench on the other side of the front line. But the enemy is almost his reflection. He, too, is tired and convinced that his enemy is a monster. Hatred of strangers is the most primitive (and, alas, effective) mechanism for rallying people. It is he who underlies racism and nationalism. The picture book, created by the Italian writer David Cali and the French artist Serge Blok, will help children to become aware of this vicious mechanism and not join the chorus of the distraught crowd, longing for the expulsion or destruction of those who are different. At least there is hope that it will help.
Translation from French by Marina Kadetova.
Compass Guide, 60 p.