We need something in common for people to get along. Enemies are just very easy things to share between groups, but common creeds, ideals, projects are all unifiers of equal power (though they’re not nearly as convenient to find…)
Unfortunately I’ve found that unless they’re given a very definitive common focus, humans are exceedingly prone to spending their free time carefully cataloging their differences.
We need something in common for people to get along. Enemies are just very easy things to share between groups, but common creeds, ideals, projects are all unifiers of equal power (though they’re not nearly as convenient to find…)
You’d think being people would be common enough… life has enough difficulty without us creating more for each other.
Unfortunately I’ve found that unless they’re given a very definitive common focus, humans are exceedingly prone to spending their free time carefully cataloging their differences.