(November 16, 2015 at 1:11 pm)Brian37 Wrote:It's easier to accept we are all acting wrong instead of facing the harsh reality of Human tribalism. We conquer territories and set borders like other species do to mark their own land. We're not an unique case, just more sophisticated when doing so. I actually believe the ideal political regime would be city-states, tiny city-states, for me it would be great and free many cities of centuries of exploitation.(November 16, 2015 at 1:03 pm)Dystopia Wrote: I think everybody has a tendency to worship, so to speak, their political ideology, and that is usually a problem, but I try not to do it. Nationalism is a necessary part of Human nature because otherwise borders and countries wouldn't exist.
I've met Marxists and liberals who were super close minded, and I have a far-right friend who is one of the nicest people I've ever met. I've discussed things with fascists, racists, commies, liberals, conservatives, anarchists, etc - I've reached the conclusion that the more I talk to people and the more I know, the more confused I am and the less answers I end up finding.
No there were humans long before our artificial labels we call nations and boarders. What unfortunately makes them essential is because we don't use our brains and far too often default to beating the shit out of each other because that is easier than accepting that we are older than our nations and boarders. See Sagan's Pale Blue dot speech.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you