This is a good thread and is why the adage “ignorance is bliss” is so important. You see, within their ignorance IS their freedom. Their whole self-image is rooted in that ignorance so to divorce themselves of it is to rewrite their entire image. They go from thinking they are Luke Skywalker to being Darth Vader and that is frightening to them.White supremacy (for ex.) is nothing more than a collective defense mechanism and it brings to the white collective all the things it was created to defend against. Insecurity, lack, chaos, inadequacy, fear, superiority complex, etc.
Also the thing about defense mechanisms is that they are kind of a surrendering so to speak. It’s resigning your fate to whatever is troubling you and learning how to cope rather than either extracting the nuggets from the pain and making yourself stronger and/or changing your situation altogether.
We need to look at life as a series of adversities and understand that it is part of this reality. Every adversity is an opportunity to level up and we can’t let those stumbles turn into dysfunction that travels with us from one adversity to the next.