Probably one of the biggest questions of today: What's wrong with people?

I may not be a sociologist, but the answer (at least a part of it) is pretty obvious. People, especially the younger generation, is reluctant to set their differences aside and make friends.

So, what do I mean?

What I mean is that people are so principled to their thoughts and beliefs (mainly political and religious) that for anybody who disagrees with him or her the very slightest, it is almost impossible for them to get along and be around each other just because of this difference.

This ideology is human nature, but it has now come to an extreme. It has gotten so bad that society has polarized to "Us vs. Them."

As said before, this is mainly political as well as religious.

In the United States, Republicans and Democrats can't work side-by-side because it has become "Us vs. Them." Instead of compromising and working together for America's future like they used to, they do nothing but fight each other because their world views are different. The last time America has faced political polarization to this extent, a Civil War led to the death of hundreds of thousands - possibly even millions. More American lives were lost in that war alone than any other war America has faced combined.

The Civil War wasn't the only example. The Holocaust, the Crusades, the Cold War, and especially the countless genocides that killed no less than 100 million innocent people are all examples of how "Us vs. Them" has destroyed society and lives.

We are now on are way for this to happen again.

More and more people are separating from each other, in other words, polarization. This is most prominent on the Internet and even on these forums. You don't want to know how many times I've witnessed arguments on Internet forums and YouTube about religion, politics, and just silly things like musical and TV preferences that was just nothing but hate and intolerance. If these arguments happened face to face, there would be death.

We seem to be unable to just put our differences aside and just get along. Why is that so hard for people to do.

I have a friend named Billy. Every time we see each other, we do nothing but laugh and make fun of each other (the fun way). But what's weird is that our beliefs and world views are entirely different. I'm a Christian, Conservative Brony, and he's an Agnostic, leftist anti-Brony. And we are both aware of our differences, but we still don't let that keep us from being friends. We are basically best friends, and I can't imagine my life without him.

Like I said, hating each other because of our differences is human nature, but if more people can put their differences aside and get along like me and Billy, just imagine what could happen. That is what I believe to be the solution to all the problems that us as a society face.

Remember back during the first season in "Look Before You Sleep" when Applejack and Rarity, despite their obvious differences, became best of friends. It was because they set their differences aside and made up for the dislike they had with each other. They realized that hating each other will only lead to more trouble, like upsetting Twilight because they ruined her first slumber party. This episode has to be probably the #1 most valuable lesson MLP has given. The only thing people aren't doing is listening to valuable lessons like this.

I think this message needs to get out as soon as possible because if it doesn't, humanity is going to do something it will regret.