I have noted elsewhere, for various reasons, human society is perpetually in turmoil. I think, like all other species, we humans also live in a society that always face some unrest. But, unlike all other species, such disturbances do not get cancelled out, mainly owing to mutual exclusivity, a human trait. Since we entertain a set of priorities, named beliefs, the disturbances gather in strength, where those are in tune with those beliefs. Only in societies that maintain or celebrate the presence of a wide variety in every facet of life, such disturbances stand to get weakened by mutual opposition.
One can easily confirm this by examining the social atmosphere prevalent in a society vis-a-vis the cultural diversity existing in it. An examination of the ten most peaceful and least peaceful nations of the world can prove this beyond doubt. The peaceful nations can be seen to be constituted mostly be non homogeneous, multicultural societies, whereas the opposite is true, as far as other nations go. Moreover, all those non-peaceful nations have many temporary or local divisions with acute dissonance, in spite of the cultural homogeneity.
When I examine the least peaceful societies, an interesting fact comes to light. All of these are made up of quite homogeneous societies. However, there are many artificially separated sub-societies that are perpetually at war with each other. And when I examine the most peaceful ones, the exact opposite is true. All these societies are made up of people of dissimilar cultural backgrounds. And here, mutual respect and admiration seems to be the uniting force.
One can easily confirm this by examining the social atmosphere prevalent in a society vis-a-vis the cultural diversity existing in it. An examination of the ten most peaceful and least peaceful nations of the world can prove this beyond doubt. The peaceful nations can be seen to be constituted mostly be non homogeneous, multicultural societies, whereas the opposite is true, as far as other nations go. Moreover, all those non-peaceful nations have many temporary or local divisions with acute dissonance, in spite of the cultural homogeneity.
When I examine the least peaceful societies, an interesting fact comes to light. All of these are made up of quite homogeneous societies. However, there are many artificially separated sub-societies that are perpetually at war with each other. And when I examine the most peaceful ones, the exact opposite is true. All these societies are made up of people of dissimilar cultural backgrounds. And here, mutual respect and admiration seems to be the uniting force.
Iceland, Austria, Canada, Denmark, etc. belong to the peaceful ones, and Sudan, Libya, Somalia, Afghanistan, etc., to the others.
This leads me to my next Maxim: The less homogeneous a society, the more peaceful, the life.
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