They'd still argue over religion. And what sports team they cheer for. And whatever else the billionaire owned media could decide to distract them with.
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If I really wanted an excuse to hate people, I'd hate people who make dumb complaints about movies
People who won't use their blinkers
People with no regard to those around them
People who litter or don't clean up after their dog
The list goes on.
But To be fair, why was Gandalf the White just waiting around in the forest for Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas to stumble upon him?
Bro thought he was dead and in the wizard afterlife.
Turns out he was already there. There is no escape frome middle earth for a wizard.
You... You really think we wouldn't find some other trivial differences to get overly tribal over?
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Tell me you don't know what the nazies did in Eastern Europe without telling me you don't what the nazies did in Eastern Europe. Or how the Irish were considered in the USA, or the italians...
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Idk man. The Sneetches “got really quite wise on that day”, but they still never guillotined Sylvester McMonkey McBean.
It seems the sneetches wisdom knows very specifically defined bounds
That, mate, is the best comparison.
We'd still find ways to focus on what makes us different and fight about it.
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Let me tell you a bit bout a guy that I've seen.
A man known as Sylvester McMonkey McBean.
Every now and again he'd head towards the beaches
Carting along his machine, for the sneeches.
When did Dr. Seuss get so woke...
No we'd come up with something else. We need to gene edit everyone to edit out the tribalism gene and replace it with a "we're all in this together" gene.
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Twist, it is a completely novel race, no one looks normal anymore
I'd like for everyone to have green skin and antennae
I was thinking less alien, more realistic.
Maybe everyone is now a vaguely human looking Dusky Leaf Monkey.
Imagine the skin color patterns, being extra hairy, and looking somewhere between cute and uncanny valley.
Race is just one tool the parasite class uses...
There is gender and ethnicity and religion...
Possibilities are endless!
Race isn't really important to anyone but americans? There is racism everywhere, obviously, but race itself isn't important.
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Lol wot. You think we wouldn't get all caste system in this piece son?
See also: The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K Le Guin.