I guess it's down to our tribal past. We no doubt lived in small family groups and outsiders would have been a threat to our survival and would not have been tolerated in our immediate sphere. 10,000 years of civilisation and we're still learning that others are a part of us and if we'd like to be the advanced beings we like to think we are, we have a long way to go in terms of altruism, self reflection and pragmatism. If we make it through the next few hundred years, hopefully our need to grapple with each other for resources will have been finally negated and we'll be satisfied through technology. I also see a strange possible future where the divisions in society and the greed become amplified to the point where we'd be shocked now to see it. Elysium
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