From kiddie rows to the grandest scale warfares, from kindergarten crayon sketches to great cultures, from personal beliefs to institutionalized religions, from enmity to the highest intimacy and from individuals to the biggest nation, mine-r-better/bigger-than-yours psychology, or interpretation of it, is so common that we may treat it like the air we inhale and exhale. As we compare and contrast (or refer and defer) in our conscious moments, it goes beyond passive mode of complacency toward self-righteousness &/ self-justification. More often than not, they r emotional rather than rational.
How does this kinda "mineness" come about? Is it a priori or posteriori? The selfish gene theory doesn't seem suffice for the explanations. It is intermingled also with entrenchment of relevant meanings in our mind and will to power.
While we know it can be overcome, it doesn't follow that we have to do away with each and every diversities we have now. The rogue competitions as well as total distrust effected should be our main concerns.
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