Unfortunately, you can't just approach a group of people, tell them "hey guys, would you mind being nice to each other now?" and expect them to comply. In real

Unfortunately, you can't just approach a group of people, tell them "hey guys, would you mind being nice to each other now?" and expect them to comply. In reality, some social and economical factors tend to make people more united, while others drive them apart. As a person coming from a not-so-nice country, I spent tremendous amount of time thinking why the West managed to build a relatively stable society and Russia failed. My conclusion was that when people need each other economically, or have a common goal, they tend to overlook petty differences. Really, if your hairdresser is good at their job, you don't care that you like different soccer teams or music styles. On the other hand, if you commoditize people and make everyone follow the same routines for the sake of replaceability, people's energy gets redirected to rather pointless infighting over a growing amount of petty issues. Unfortunately, the corporations dominating the global economy have a very direct financial interest in keeping the rank-and-file class commoditized, so unless the society's attitude towards the corporate-run world changes, it is only going to get worse.