There's a dichotomy in thinking that leads to a split personality.If i take care of my body but not my mind,the stress and anxiety of mental conflicts affects the health of the body eventually like sleep disruption,heart problems or digestive upsets.If I take care of my mind but neglect my body,obesity and poor health lowers immunity and causes flu,sickness.So one should take a holistic approach and take care of both.
So the thinking of if you're not with me,you're my enemy takes a dichotomy approach in thinking that leads to forcing partisan politics and leave no room for compromise and negotiation.I would prefer leadership that has a broader vision and a long term worldview.Hey all of us are in the same boat and if any end of the boat has been destroyed,all passengers and captain will sink to the bottom.
The issue has been sidetracked into nationalistic jingo which appeals to the emotional and irrational blind loyalty.Our concerns should be on broader issues like disruption due to technological changes,the ethics remaking humans and ageing through human-machine interface,the plastic creeping into our foodchain and the devastation of a nuclear war.
We are now in the Anthrocene Age and species extinction is real.The bio,cyber,environmental catastrophes changes are irreversible.
Will Durant the historian who wrote the Lessons from History and The Story of Civilization said
"You can't fool all the people all the time,but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country."
He postulated
1.Humans are unequal by nature,fighting that would mean giving up freedom.
2.The evolution of humans was a social one,not a biological one.
3.War is a more natural state than peace.
Something that we the masses have to hold leaders accountable for their actions that impact the future.We are all in the same boat eventually.We only see the 15% visible issues but the 85% of issues not visible to us make up the bigger picture.Therein lies the fate of the planet and the inhabitants
