be confined to earth, which they are destroying. And they kill each other off. WTF...

as "they, them, those." From the Buddhist perspective, we think with a dualistic mind of object - subject, us - them. We are not taught that we've all interconnected. We all live together on the same planet. We are not deeply taught from childhood to be motivated to generate compassion for others.

I Think that line of thinking is gonna have me look into Buhdism some. 👍🏻

living under rocks. The pursuit of resources and property, aggression and self interest have and will always be the dominant motivator in humans.

Or is that part of human nature too?

is separate I believe. Ex., the R's believe they are meeting their self interest by excluding others and securing everything for themselves. They arm themselves for their own safety in their competitive, aggressive world.

The D's believe they are meeting self interest by making sure the society serves all and therefore mitigates the possibility of aggression and fear.

Overly simplified but I believe this is the basic difference.

Who bombed Libya into failed state status?

I'm a Democrat, but let's not be kidding ourselves.

It seems in the short amount of time we've been around the only control for us is ourselves.

Racism is only one aspect of our tribalism. Just like honeybees and chimpanzees, we our own hives and tribes from outsiders.

there comes a time in many peoples' lives where lack of empathy from friends and family is tested and comes up short. People with chronic illnesses that are not well understood learn this lesson. A show of empathy has an expiration date - about 3 months. Then the chronically ill are left behind by some. Same can be said for people grieving the loss of a loved one for an extended period.

That people in close proximity can do this, speaks volumes about countries that regard other countries as enemies. Not much mercy.

Its probably an evolutionary failsafe.

After edit: I misunderstood above post. I guess I'm saying it can be used as an evolutionary failsafe for the human species

I truly cannot understand that ... we're all on this same planet together.

One can take either an evolutionary viewpoint, or a biblical viewpoint. People evolved / started in small groups, and thus was born the Us v Them mindset. I am not saying it is impossible to change, I just think it is very hard for many to do so.