can we cut to the chase here? at the base of a pile of problems deep enough to sink the planet is the inability of humans to identify with a group containing all humans, even all animals, all living things, all things both living and non-living in the cosmos.
there was a time (being a darwinian enforces this view upon me) when identity of origin, tribe, nation, religion, caste, ethnicity, politics, school ties and country clubs must somehow have aided our survival. otherwise, why have it?
but what i have seen in my time with my eyes is that all these divisions are contrary to natural sense and honest science. there is only one story called 'life' (thank you, molecular geneticists), there is only one animal called 'human' (thank you ethnologists). acceptance of others on equal terms with ourselves is the obvious conclusion of a less narrow understanding of life and in an increasingly populous and energetic world it is becoming obvious that these past divisions that cling to so many will only bring ruin on us all.
it's time to be honest. it's time to be fair. it's time for justice, truly egalitarian justice, to become the guiding principle of all human organization.
a friend once exclaimed to me, 'i'm so proud of my grandchildren!' my automatic response was, 'i'm proud of everyone's grandchildren.'
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