Identity politics is a potent weapon because it paints people within certain identity groups (mostly minorities) as victims of the dominant group. It is potent because the feeling of victimization creates neurological reactions that motivate people with this feeling to seek redress of their grievances, real or imagined. But the use of victimization as a political tool has side effects and unintended consequences that the Edifice of Trust host, Victor Bolles reviews in this episode.