It is true that when you dig deep into the fundamental beliefs of people, that they hold many things in common. I actually don't believe the political divide we

It is true that when you dig deep into the fundamental beliefs of people, that they hold many things in common. I actually don't believe the political divide we experience today is something organic, as in being part of the human condition, rather it is artificially managed by the aforementioned mainstream media, et al, and to a good extent once they've stoked the fires well enough, we keep it up on our own. But the flames would die down if they just left it alone to be handled by people. Being the change you want to see in the world is always a good start. But I think it is wishful the point of naivety to claim that it is enough to just be the change you want to see in the world. I can do a great job of not littering by the beach, but as long as the oceans keep getting polluted by plastics from a few certain nations, it really is a fruitless endeavor in the long term. I don't think being toxic in a political way to your peers is good for any reason at all, it's harmful to you and others around you in every way, but I also don't have any hopes that just because I try to hold a better tone, that the world would actually change. The control that mainstream media holds over democracy is huge, and arguably cannot be overstated. The true divide as I see it doesn't lie between people left or right leaning, but between people and an international clique of wealthy and influential people that permeate all western nations. And while there are many issues which people will agree are just different flavors of fruit, some issues are fundamental. You say that: >It doesn't matter how you bin your enemies: religion, race, political ideologies; it is all painting with a wide brush that divides people that could get along. And to that I say: We don't ge along. At this point it is a matter of fact statement rather than one of prejudice. The result of the current trajectory in the west is one towards civil war, because we do not get along. It is a fundamental belief among some that all cultures, races, and even ideologies can get along. That some kind of transcendent centrism can bridge all gaps and make everyone happy. I do not subscribe to that belief on a moral or philosophical level, let alone see any evidence of it actually being real in historical terms. I think it could be possible to get along, if perhaps only one or two of these "religion, race, political ideologies" were present and divergent in the general population. But the current mix of all three, no way.