…. that pretty much sums up human history too..
Humans of course hope that putting on clothes, reading books and making aeroplanes makes us different from animals… but…..
It could be 50 years from now or 100, or a thousand years…, but at some point, society will accept, that human beings will never get to a point where we will all believe in the same things, have the same culture, eat the same food, like the same TV shows etc. It’s never gonna happen. What is needed, is for each country in the world to define – as best, accepting it won’t be unanimous, but the majority will have to suffice – what they each deem acceptable, how their people live etc. Once those rules are set and communicated, anyone not happy to comply with the ways of living, in Country A, can look for a country with ways of living that suit what they’re after, and relocate to that Country B. For the time being, everyone in each country – i.e. wherever you find yourself – should comply with the ways of living set out by that country. At least until they find some other country to move to.
The idea that every country can be a perfect melting pot of every culture, every way of life, and that a country can have anyone moving in and carrying on with whatever they did where they’ve come from, is the reason why the world is presently in such a mess. When you have someone born and raised in Country C where women are not allowed to go to school and he moves to Country D where women have the exact same freedoms and access to schooling as men, and Country D allows that individual to come in with his wife and daughters and bars them from going to school in County D. It is a slippery slope! What should happen is that anyone who comes into County D should know that their wife and daughters will go to school! If they don’t wish to accept that, they should stay in country C or find any other country that has similar rules to Country C or stay put in Country C!
There are far too many differing views, too many differing ways of life, for the scale of multiculturalism that some think can be implemented, too many differing work. While sampling cuisine and apparels may be doable – but noting that people still ultimately make a choice – it is simply not possible to each and every country being able to bend to ways of living desired by each and every group that turn up there. It is not feasible!
What should be largely feasible, is for each country to maintain whatever identity, ways of living, that they see as theirs, and for anyone who move to that country, to try to respect and adopt that. If not, don’t move there!
The simple reality is that the lioness grabs the baby deer, to feed her cubs, oblivious to the fact that a mother deer will now be without her baby.
Many would say; well, that’s how the cookie crumbles. That’s what it is. Ok, perhaps that’s true, but, human beings like to think we are a bit more refined than animals, right?
And it’s not just about survival or survival of the fittest. You look at the monetary system and how the world is presently set up, with those in desperation trying to flock to places where they believe they can better themselves. Nobody should need to do that. There should be opportunities wherever people are. Migration should be solely out of curiosity or interest, and it should always be a happy thing for all involved, with benefit to all (the host country and the migrant).
The problem is that it is simply not possible to PAUSE and hit RESET.
Nobody wants to PAUSE
Yesterday, as news of children dying of starvation in some part of the world or death and war in other parts of the world is reported, so is the news of some guy popping out a £250,000 diamond ring to propose to his girlfriend and the same world must cheer!
The lioness must feed its cubs..
All lives are equal, but some are just that bit more equal than others?
Some believe they are just more deserving…
I of course do not have a solution. I hope that one day, the world will find a solution.
Knowledge can improve the world we live in 