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PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE — Why Do We Hate Each Other So Much?

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Channel: Mike Martins · 2017 · People & Blogs

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“Why are we becoming more and more distant from each other when technology is supposedly bringing us together?”
— Mike Martins

“It’s really weird how we’re becoming more and more distant from each other, and technology is supposedly bringing us together.”
— Mike Martins

PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE — Why Do We Hate Each Other So Much? | 2017

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Something has changed in society, and I’m trying to understand exactly what it is.

We have more technology connecting us than ever before. We can communicate instantly, talk to people around the world, share ideas and supposedly understand one another better. Yet somehow it feels like people are becoming more distant, more divided and more hostile toward each other.

That got me thinking about an old song from 1984: “People Are People” by Depeche Mode.

I listened to this song several times today because its message really struck me. This was written during the Cold War era, yet here we are in 2017 and I feel like the basic question behind the song is becoming relevant all over again: why do people who don't even know each other immediately decide that they hate one another?

Different backgrounds. Different cultures. Different beliefs. Different needs. That's always existed. But why does being different automatically have to make somebody your enemy?

I'm also thinking about this as a father. What kind of society are our kids going to inherit if everybody is constantly being separated into groups and encouraged to see the person across from them as an opponent?

Since moving away from the big city, I've experienced something different. I talk to my neighbours. People stop and have conversations. Families interact. People with different backgrounds can actually get to know each other instead of judging each other from a distance.

Maybe that's part of what we're losing.

This isn't really a video about one song. It's about people.

Why are we becoming increasingly divided at exactly the same time technology is supposedly bringing humanity closer together?

Let me know what you think below.

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