How can meditation and visualization help create a protective energy shield around you?

Is it just me or do people in general overvalue things like productivity, hard work, reading, and similar things? It seems to me that they are only means to an end, and that compassion, kindness, and emotional ties are much more important?
Why do conservatives oppose wealth redistribution? In the stone age, people redistributed food equally. A society where 99 people starve while 1 person has all the fish is not sustainable. It's not natural. It's not fair, no matter how you look at it.