K: there are several answers to this, so be patient…
we live within a society… if the society is damaged, it does damage me, personally…
I live within the American society, California division, and with any society, entity,
structure such as a society, car, house, institution, damage to one part of the structure
damages all other parts of the structure… think of the house with wall damage or with
damage to the foundation, the house may last a few years but eventually, the house
damage will do permanent damage to the house…or if my body is damaged in some way,
the damage to that part will eventually damage the body permanently… for example,
if I allow my teeth to rot out, that will eventually damage my body, perhaps even kill my
body if I allow it to go on long enough…
so I was damage by the damage done to my society, my structure and any damage
to my structure, my society does damage me…
on another aspect of this, I have seen wealthy GOP types deny
that the society was hurting or was poor or was being damaged
by economic idea’s… how can the society be in trouble if I AM OK,
is the thinking… it doesn’t affect them, or so they think, so there
is nothing wrong with society… think of the KING of France, Louis 16,
and how he thought the society was doing great and wonderfully because
he was king and above that sort of thing… if he wasn’t hurting, then
society must be doing great or so goes the thinking… just because
you THINK everything is doing ok, doesn’t mean it is…
I am part of society and if society is damaged, it does damage me,
even if I don’t see it or even realize it… I was damaged because I am
part of society and you were damaged, even if you don’t see it because
you are part of society and any damage to part of a structure, damages
all aspects of the structure…
Kropotkin