Bullying comes in different qualities it is not always the same. It is one thing to bully someone out of naiveness and other thing to do it out of jealously.
The motives really matter. Also not every aggression towards you should be considered bullying in my opinion.
It really comes down to what you are going to define as bullying. I don't agree that your boss saying you should concentrate more because you are not productive is bullying. Everything you experience in society is not something imposed on you. You said it yourself, the vast majority chooses to chase behnd the 1% You always can leave your job, your abusing spoose, or that idol you tend to compare with yourself and makes you miserable.
Don't get me wrong I can see bullying's existence but not its inevitability.
I also strongly agree that nowdays everyone gets traumatized way too easily.
Nice post, I am extremely tired I hope the comment is readable
does it really matter at the end if they effect is the same?
Why? In what way?
You can always choose your bully in other words but you cannot escape from it completely due to the nature of our economic system.
In my opinion the motives matter when you try to come in terms with you being the victim and in order to think what to do to get yourself out of the situation. Our economic system depends on fear, I agree with you on that.
from that perspective it matters yes.