People are taught to like things and dislike other things and that factors into threat assessment. People are not always taught ideally to respect humanization and human rights.
Changing mindsets and ideas that lead to neighbor distrusted versus loved is not guaranteed, not guaranteed to amplify by default. Golden Rule and Love Your Neighbor more adequately invested in could lead to better communication, more bridges built, and prevention of Genocide, including communication bridges built in advance when Society’s popularity and band wagon appeal might not be valuing all in society sufficiently.
I might not desire to say hi to my neighbor everyday. Yet if I thought they might be sent to an internment camp one day, saying hi a small price to pay to protect each other. I might not always reinforce communication bridges does not equate to I want to reinforce systems and norms that might lead to a worse life for them or self (peace profits me too).
I want my neighbors blessed and protected, I don’t want to be obtrusive or annoying, and my visibility including on the World Stage is far less than ideal, ideal by default. Gets easy to go about each day, trying to solidify support for anyone, especially in hard times without always considering the future we are marching towards. If I could facilitate better relations in our society and cities today that would lead to less potential for war tomorrow would I? Yes. I would know how to ideally by default? No.
Speaking in a non-sexual way here, negate de-in set to let?
Following contains graphic depictions, reader discretion is advised.
I don’t want my neighbors, or anyone represented partially by a mound of skulls Cambodian genocide – Wikipedia
