I hear you, but people didn't make a big deal about poverty when poverty was really a problem. They didn't really get mad about industrial pollution causing rivers to literally catch fire until the problem was almost completely solved. And always the reaction causes some part of the problem to become permanent & never be solved. There are certainly people who want everyone divided & at odds for different reasons, but the things they can get people to focus on at particular times seem to be somewhat limited & to follow a pattern.