Us Mentality

We see it implicated everywhere, from war to political stance. A mentality used to separate social groups farther apart. The mentality of us against them, good versus evil, it creates a act of hatred, even though communities should work together. The us versus them mentality is the misunderstandings of cultures including the low emphasis on self values, deep cultures in society, and the way empathy has an ability to stop this mentality.
I do agree that the us vs them mentality is a destructive way of separating anybody. I get the gist though, most of us get this urge to separate ourselves from others just by a certain difference. The weird thing is that we know it isn’t right, but in some factors, we can’t help it. What I see, is a wide line
Also these people can be overwhelmed in times of fear or danger, which keeps their minds fixed on that specific event, and causes distress to keep distance from whats happening. In life, these views make it difficult to be around new people. It fits a bit more into social awareness, as any human difference can be understood by comprehending their culture, while having sympathy and empathy for one another. This can be rather difficult for some people, due to being unfamiliar of what other people usually do, which makes it seem strange to other people. Let’s say we just had seen a different culture for the first time, we couldn’t completely identify with what they're doing, which hands the problem the a lack of empathy. This goes the same for everyone's individuality. Something that is casual for me, might come out as strange or abnormal to others, and most people don’t want to be viewed as weird, so they keep their indifferences. Those people pointing out other's differences, is known to be a way of devaluing someone else. Devaluing of others is learnt overtime, but it mostly depends on how you see yourself. We
With less comprehension, it can cause the world to divide. An article from the huffington post, points out the various reasons why the us vs them mentality and modern superstition break the world apart. Through human and fundamental logic, French philosopher Regis Debray says that all times exist in “modern politics because ‘modern’ does not designate a location in time but a position in the terracing of influences, or determinations: not the outmoded but the substratum; not the antiquated but the profound; not the outdated but the repressed.” He explains that culture will return “to shape a society,” and it can happen at any time. The culture in our times is the computer and religion, which today caused the start of the islamic state as it began through the internet. This new society is what caused a new variant of the us versus them mentality. Which caused the problem with muslim immigrants coming to other countries. A part of the article showed how a society like this “is about organizing the survival and thriving of a community as defined by those who are not part of it”(Why the world is falling apart). The understanding of how society shapes itself, is a factor on how views around the world are going to be affected for the better or the