The concern for others start with the familial relationships, expanding to the extended family, and even the village. The Western world has developed this further into city, state/provincial, and national affinity groups. This took thousands of years. We have only been working on the WORLD affinity relationship for about 100 years, and most seriously only in the last 25.

Some people (you, me, others with international familial relationships and world understanding) have developed to the point where at least we care about others in remote parts of the world, even if we do not love them as family. We marry them, learn their language and cultures, and try to understand their unique identifying familial challenges. The only way the world could ever be at peace is if ALL people acccept all other people’s cultures, religion, fears, accomplishment… the things that make people, families, cities, states and nations unique. Without UNIVERSAL tolerance we will always have UNIVERSAL suffering.

I think most humans are not capable of this acceptance. That is why the primitive Mursi tribe in the Southern Omo Valley in Ethiopia perform genital mutilation, and put huge clay discs in the lower lips of their women. This way they guarantee that they will never assimilate with the Hamer tribe, and so on. How could they EVER assimilate in the world?

There is no answer…

Shit!!