Unending Dissertation

"Peace on Earth and Goodwill Toward Men" Linus Van Pelt said it in the Peanuts Christmas special, "...  and on earth peace, goodwill toward men."  Today it should be revised to say "towards humankind." We hear it every year about this time. It's sad though we don't hear it as much during the other 11 months of the year. For all the globalism that's occurred during the last 500 years (since the Age of Discovery), we have not learned how to be better neighbors. It seemed okay to trample on people, their land, and their right to live when empires were building and growing. Now it seems, in some places, we are reverting back to nation-states. Borders have become more important instead of less. Racism is on the rise. Not in my backyard has grown to not in my country. Why can't we work towards peace, tolerance, love, friendship, understanding, and goodwill all the time? As a side note, it is a little amusing when people complain about globali