Sometimes I ask myself why people divide each other on basis of place, caste, creed, colour (or so called politics you might be aware of).
Lately I’ve been thinking on it and I have finally come to a conclusion.
Its basic human nature, hardwired deep in humans due to millennia of evolution and survival of the best.
No matter how high the thinking becomes, humans are inherently biased. See for example, a normal person still divides people on basis of caste. Those with a higher thinking divide on basis of religion or state. Most of the people divide on basis of country. Europe divides on basis of Continent. Even when you say ‘i am a human’, you mean you are superior to other creatures.
Smaller differences vanish in face of larger ones.
When a war among countries erupt, differences on basis of states vanish and all states join hands to fight the enemy. similarly, during Hindu Muslim riots, differences on basis of caste disappear. During inter caste clashes, mutual differences on basis of subcastes or Gharanas vanish. And all of this is related to survival. When two or more ‘groups’ join to fight a common competitor, the chances of survival of the individuals comprising them increases. Hence people divide themselves on the basis of these ideologies.
Theory is pretty simple; If you want your country to be united, start fighting with another one. If you want your religion to be united, fight with another religion. If you want all humans to be united, choose something like pollution or global warming to fight with.
Imagine, if creatures from an alien planet attack us, we will divide ourselves on basis of planet and fight them off and then mutual differences on basis of country will vanish and the whole Earth will be united.
Ironically, the only way to achieve mutual peace is to start a fight with a common enemy.
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