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This is something I've often wondered. I've never understand why people in other countries count for "less" than people in one's own country.
by Xcelerate 11y ago
This is something I've often wondered. I've never understand why people in other countries count for "less" than people in one's own country.
- vijayr 11y agoIt doesn't make much sense in today's world, both practically and theoretically. We share more today than ever (food, music, culture, products, software, ideas and so on). There is no way a country can survive on it's own - people travel so much across the world for work and pleasure, marry across cultures/religions/nationalities etc. If anything, we should look at the world as one entity.
- coldtea 11y agoDo you understand why people in other companies count for "less" than people in one's company? To the extend that they want their startup to succeed over the other's in the market? Or why people in one's family count to them for more than people in other people's families? Similar thing. The same reason we take care of our own, but we don't go out of our way to help a stranger in need. It's not that we consider them "less human" or that they actually count for "less" in abstract, but people do have (a) limited resources (so can't help everyone) (b) limited horizon of acquaintences and direct experiences (so can't know everyone) (c) preferences and alliances (so can't care for everyone).