Simmering with discontent

 

Subject: Simmering with discontent

As we continue to try to get the best out of mankind in the pursuit of common ground between the peoples and their cultures in a  world made so much smaller by the internet and we now know so more about our world and the societies which make it up our opinions are now formed by what we see on our screens, the videos released every few minutes by amateur recordists  who record what they see in front of them. It's not a picture of what we read, usually  a second hand opinion of a story pressed on the newspaper columnist to write further distorted after going through the filter of the sub editors desk.

What our eyes tell us is that the variations within and between countries are enormous and it’s often at odds with what we are cajoled  to believing by the backers of a global ‘common humanity’ ideology in which we are all the same.  

It’s a fine thought,  we are, after all essentially flesh and bone, the same as each other yet physiology aside, our brains and the experiences that people accumulate in their lives makes a mockery of the claim we are all the same. If therefore we are fundamentally different and practice different ways of thinking and acting, if these human actors when brought together in one place then their opinions will differ as to who is right and who is wrong. Leaving aside the thorny issue of should populations from such diverse backgrounds be expected to coexist as one nation, the philosophy that rules they should must be questioned.

Nowhere else is the cultural mix such as in the UK  put under such pressure. Japan, Indonesia, Argentina or Peru, Russia or China, Pakistan or India, any country you choose from the Middle East, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia the list goes on. What is it in our psychology, our sense that we can invent solutions and expect our people to go along with what ever social concoction they are offered. Perhaps the people who are closest to the changes, not those in the fine houses who’s ancestors first traded the slaves and set up the companies who sought to exploit the  locals overseas, who’s great grandchildren are now vehemently protesting their rights in the UK, but perhaps our own locals should be asked their opinion or is it too late and that melting pot, humanity will continue for evermore to simmer with discontent on all sides.