We quickly note the elements about others that do not meet our satisfaction and hone in on their different aspects. But, unfortunately, this has been the scourge on humankind for the most part.
Holy wars are approached with rage, and nations go to battle because of differences in beliefs. The internet is filled with hateful sentiment highlighting all the ways other groups of people conduct themselves. One needs to only look closely at neighborhoods and organizations, where we may take exception to someone else all because of something they say or do that is contrary to us. This phenomenon even exists with something we love or do for leisure, including sports.
Yet, when we look at each exception, the person, group, team, religion, or nation, they have far more in common with us than not. We do not stop to accentuate all the similarities, and likely because that would suggest we may identify with them far more than we are comfortable doing so. If we did so, would that mean we would have far less to be dissatisfied with, and then what would we spend our time worrying about?
Or do we want to be in a world where everyone is precisely in our likeness? How interesting that would be?
