Why do we have the need for others to be like us?

JBR said:
If I knew any people who felt adamant about other people needing to be just like them, I'd drop them from my "friends" category. I don't feel that way, and I'm a human.
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Perhaps there is hope then. So, you embrace all those "equally" without regard of their political, spiritual, sexual, educational, financial, etc. that differs from your own?
 
I suppose when you have enough wealth it is easier to delude yourself that you need no community. You can sit and sip julips on the veranda looking out over the "diversity" toiling on your estate and bringing you hummingbird liver pâté to snack on. Or you can jump on a plane, jet off, and enjoy lording over the local population as one pulls your rickshaw.
 
dilettante said:
I suppose when you have enough wealth it is easier to delude yourself that you need no community. You can sit and sip julips on the veranda looking out over the "diversity" toiling on your estate and bringing you hummingbird liver pâté to snack on. Or you can jump on a plane, jet off, and enjoy lording over the local population as one pulls your rickshaw.
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Deep thoughts @dilenttante. Is there no answer? If so, what is the great equalizer? Perhaps genuine love?
 
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Gardenlover said:
Perhaps there is hope then. So, you embrace all those "equally" without regard of their political, spiritual, sexual, educational, financial, etc. that differs from your own?
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Not exactly. I still recognize that there's some affinity with the people I find myself most close to. Usually the people I'm closest with have some interests that we share. But my friends hold a wide range of political outlooks, and a broad range of interests beyond those we share.

I do appreciate personal kindness, too. But I've travelled enough to have encountered many different sorts of people, and mostly I don't bother myself with a lingering thought about how different they might be from me.
 
dilettante said:
I suppose when you have enough wealth it is easier to delude yourself that you need no community. You can sit and sip julips on the veranda looking out over the "diversity" toiling on your estate and bringing you hummingbird liver pâté to snack on. Or you can jump on a plane, jet off, and enjoy lording over the local population as one pulls your rickshaw.
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Believe me, wealth isn't the answer you're looking for.
 
I have some friends, my BIL and his partner and my closest cousin who are on the opposite end of the political spectrum, but we have known one another for a long time so we still have lots in common and don't let politics come between us.

I do agree that it would be incredibly boring if I had friends that think exactly like I do, whether it be music, food, music, hobbies, etc. I wouldn't learn anything if I only talked to people like me.
 
dilettante said:
I suppose when you have enough wealth it is easier to delude yourself that you need no community. You can sit and sip julips on the veranda looking out over the "diversity" toiling on your estate and bringing you hummingbird liver stuff to snac,to snack on. Or you can jump on a plane, jet off, and enjoy lording over the local population as one pulls your rickshaw.
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l agree, it's great to live with great wealth. Just wish l could have more of that hummingbird liver stuff to snack on or would that be too greedy?
 
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