[ WP ] Divided we stand . United we fall .

It had been a belief since the earliest human civilizations, if not farther back. The belief was that if we all believed in the same thing, whether it be the same ideology, same leader, same civilization, same god, same culture, that would lead to peace. That difference built tension and thus war. But near the middle of the 21st century, it began to be realized as faulty. The nations of peace were more about democracy, ideas, and diversity. International cooperation was n't done because we were sharing beliefs, but because we had something to drive us towards learning about one another. The seeds of compassion were rooted in learning about each other. It's when we already knew, we became complacent to it. This was the origin of prejudices. It was n't that we feared the different, it was because we were so used to the same. We were afraid because we did n't know how to handle the exchange. This caused fear, and thus anger and hatred. And when this realization finally spread, people did n't become so worried about being different, they worried they did n't have something to share about themselves and learn about others. And soon after, not only world peace, but world friendship had truly begun.
