Our Inimicable World

If it is human nature to be gregarious and I believe it is, why then is the world such as inimical place?

Most of us find it easy to make friends wherever we go, both at home and when we travel the globe. We reach out to communicate and understand one another in many ways because we are gregarious. We have cell phones to walk around with because we can't wait to reach out to each other and we have the greatest new invention which epitomizes my point, the world wide web. What can be more indicative of our desire to learn all that we can about our fellow human beings? Movies and television reflect how thirsty we are for understanding our diverse fellow humans on this planet. The United States recently elected a man who's ancestors were slaves just 150 years ago in America. US citizenry, like all human beings is innately gregarious, we just err from time to time! It seems to me that men and women on mother earth want to get along because it is natural for them to do so.

Why then has there been constant WAR among some of the peoples of the world without interruption for thousands of years?
Why in the 21st century, when man on earth has never had more of EVERYTHING, including food, material wealth, education, medical treatment and leisure time, are hostilities among nations and peoples still so violently present?

What are we all fighting over as we each pass a relatively few years of LIFE on earth? There are no banks at cemeteries so it shouldn't be over riches. Wealth is fun to accumulate but aside from it's obvious benefits, does it make sense to kill for it? Indeed, it is ironic that those that acquire wealth are, in many cases, quick to to give portions of it away before they die because it feels absolutely wonderful to share wealth with those who are needy. Odd!

Man's Religious wars are the most difficult of all to understand. Killing in G-d's name is in my view, sacrilegious. Most religions have core values of PEACE and love of one's fellow man. Duh?

Nation against Nation armed conflict and cold wars are also irrational. Few if any countries in the world are able to manage their affairs so well that the people living within their borders are ALL well fed, housed, clothed, healthy, educated and employed. Before seeking more territory and people to rule over, I would think seeking MORE land and dominion would be a liability not an asset to an imperfect nation. Note how much it has cost the United States to win wars. US citizens are still paying for our victories over German and Japan over 60 years ago. Not to mention the HUGE cost of building armies and tools of war, which often rot while new and better ones are developed. Madness and bad economics!

Today, we have many Crisis in the middle east (the center of many of our religions) which threatens life as we know it. Civilization has gotten so adept at irrational behavior that we are capable of completely destroying all life with the push of a little red button. Nuclear and biological instruments of inimicability has rendered us all at each others mercy. What will we do? Become more gregarious and live or more inimical and die?