Constructing realities

Each person has his or her own reality, or rather a view of reality. It more or less overlaps with the realities of other people. People create these realities in order to understand the world, feel better, or be happier. There are rational realities and not so rational ones, but on the whole, in order for the human society to work, most people need to have a similar understanding of the world.

There are people who like to construct their reality and then impose it on others. The trouble Russia, China, and other autocratic nations are in, is that they have constructed (or rather the reality has been constrcuted for them) is not compatible with what other people or nations consider to be fair or just. The leaders of  countries should have the obligation to enable people to co-exist peacefully, they should bring people together. Whenever the realities of large numbers of people substantially conflicting and have as their aim to exclude others, everyone will be in trouble.

This does not mean that everyone’s realities should be identical, rather opposite. The diversity of opinions is great, and allows to expand your mind, but people should be more understanding of the realities others have constructed.