For London, it is a local reassertion of its people's disquiet over the turbulence triggered by the Brexit vote and the destructive mentalities it has unleashed.
The film "Who Killed the Electric Car" is a dramatic example of GM's short-think, and in turn, self-destructive mentality.
And Israel is retreating into a self-destructive siege mentality.
Most pernicious of all is the effect on community relations as disproportionate targeting of ethnic groups inflames racial tensions and entrenches a destructive "them and us" mentality in police and citizens alike.
Over the weekend, one of its most moderate members, Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas), quit the caucus, citing a "mob mentality" that had become destructive toward legislating.
And for those of us with a dieter's mentality, this can be especially destructive.
This kind of statement and the mentality behind the statement are very destructive for society.
The hunger to be valued can become so desperate, overwhelming and preoccupying that it pushes people into a survival mentality in which they will do nearly anything to get validation, including acts that are destructive to themselves and others.
While poachers are considered destructive criminals of the first order, few think of society as harboring a similar, if less blatant mentality in the handling of natural resources.
Because this mentality is by no means confined to the matter of interracial rape, and we see in the destructive political force that has come to center stage of American politics.
