Conflict is created when at least one party/group/whatever separates them from the others, be it social group, religion, etnicity, language, has a tough time and is facing hardship of some type.
People never want to blame themselves for those issues so they project it on others, sometimes there might be some sliver of truth to it. Sometimes it's just a conveniet target for their frustrations.
The Hitlernattzziss genocides.
The hoto/tutsi genocides in Rwanda
Jugoslavia...
But there is also a small amount of truth in the claim that the greater the differences the easier it is for a conflict to spark up. Even if the differences in culture or other factors arn't the direct reason, it can catalyze the effect when people feel less conection to this other person it's harder to forgive or see the person behind the mask of culture or whatever it is that sets them appart.
People who get pressed into a corner tend to look for simple, direct solutions.
It's also a part of humannature that's very... Let's just say it's everywhere in todays society but it can take several different forms. It doesn't have to be about race/etnicity, it could be distrust or dislike or lawyers, politicians, bankers.. Whatever, and people say. Lets tax them to death! the Fatbasturds have been sucking us dry long enough.
The French revolution killed a lot of people not because they were of a different etnicity or culture but because they were of a different social group.
The French revolution was sparked by a series of event's like failed harvests, finanicial crisis, poverty, diseses and poor sanitation(which of course "catalyzed" the spread of diseases)
When bakers charged high prices for bread because flour was very expensive and fresh clean water was hard to get then they got sent to guiljotines by angrymobs that stormed their shops.
It's usualy easier to blame someone else than to fix the problem yourself, especialy when there is no easy or perhaps even no viable fix.
When animals get marginalized then they try to aquire another individuals territory, resources and or females and whatever other resources, hoping that will improve their situation. Are we that different from animals?
Considering the Earth has a growing population and dwindling resources and a "hardpressed" ecosystem I can't say the future looks very bright. People don't nessesarily stop having a lot of children because they are starving and people don't sit down and wait for their death peacefully, unless ofcourse they are too weak physicly and/or mentaly to move or do anything about it. The Drell even if they are just a fictional species from the mass effect universe almost went extinct due to this problem. They survived because the Hanar saved a few of their people, (far less than the amount of quarrians that fleed the Geth).
Edit: I've avoided this thread because it's so sad to think about it, because there is a lot of truth in how dire the situation is really is. Everyone want's to avoid the issue, truth be told, because it represents the worst of what we are, that which we become when our basic needs are no longer satisfied.
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