The herd mentality is learned at young age

    “You’ve got to be taught to hate and fear,
    You’ve got to be taught from year to year,
    It’s got to be drummed into your dear little ear,
    You’ve got to be carefully taught.
    You’ve got to be taught to be afraid
    Of people whose eyes are oddly made
    And people whose skin is a
different shade –
    You’ve got to be carefully taught.
    You’ve got to be taught before it’s too late,
    Before you are six or seven or eight,
    To hate all the people your
relatives hate,
    You’ve got to be carefully taught.”

Carefully taught biased hatred and deeply ingrained collective fear are sizzler brands of herd instinct which stampede animosity toward those not considered part of the herd. Negative perceptions breed contempt for others as well as ourselves. A self-respecting positive energy consciousness will enable us to become as accepting of our good neighbour’s shortcomings as we are of our own.
The aims of multiversity involve freely sharing information and facts, advancing theoretical wisdom and practical know-how, disseminating verifiable truths via logical reasoning and cooperatively and collectively solving socio-cultural hostile
misunderstandings and problematic enigmas.
Our global family must appreciate individual differences, wants, desires and needs related to basic humanistic values – fairness, compassion, kindness, patience, dignity and generosity. Applied correctly, education can actually lead to learning something.
Free-thinking tolerance and flexibility are required for open hearts and minds to better comprehend each other’s beliefs, traditions, practices, behaviours and habits without necessarily sharing or accepting them.
World peace means living
together with mutual tolerance, mutual understanding and mutual respect.
Charles Frederickson
Bangkok