We may also be guilty, or at least most of us. And this is because, even knowing what has happened to human beings in the world since its beginning, we do not learn from it and continue to fight in endless conflicts that only serve to lower the statistics of people on the planet. In World War II alone there were 60 million fatalities, not counting the other trials that we have had to live through or read about in history books.

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In no case can we blame institutions and groups that fight to try to reduce the number of casualties on the fronts. However, there are other congregations that do the opposite. Or at least, in some cases, it seems that way. “Since when does faith bring such terrible polarizations?” some ask. The answer could be: “they are the ones who, perhaps without realizing it, tend to spread them.” The fight for the hegemony of beliefs only brings more division and polarization, without obtaining concrete achievements. 

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And since the hominid stopped wandering aimlessly through the jungles and took over caves in some regions, becoming cavemen, the debates have escalated because the neighbors of other caves, pursuing the same goals, coveted their own to shelter their respective families from the cold, rain, snow, sun, wild animals and other calamities. 

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In short, we have not sufficiently noticed that the struggles between inhabitants of the same planet have decimated the population enormously. There are historians who speak of hundreds of millions of people exterminated by their fellow men based on a multitude of ambitions and motives: power, wealth, racism, language, territories, influences and a host of factors that cloud the most enlightened reasoning and to some extent lead leaders, rulers and opponents of various kinds, tyrants and dictators, to battle each other to claim the right to success in their aspirations.

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The explanation for the differences has its roots in the place where the groups settled. We were all born in some region of the planet: in Africa, for example, the sun's rays burned the sweat of its inhabitants for millennia, in addition to the abundant presence in their skin of a pigment known as melanin, causing it to darken. At the same time, their hair curled to protect their heads, preventing the sun from passing through, and their nostrils widened to breathe better due to the existing humidity. All this in a millennial genetic process caused immediate and subsequent descendants to be born with such characteristics.

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The same thing happened in Asia. People needed to protect their eyes from ultraviolet radiation, wind and low temperatures prevailing in the steppes, so human organisms metamorphosed their structures, adapting to the region and, in the genetic process over the centuries, achieving the obliquity of their eyelids to protect their eyes, and with them, their vision.

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In the Far, Middle and Near East, the same thing happened, except that its inhabitants covered themselves as protection from ultraviolet rays and sandstorms, and their skin became a little tinted, but not as much as in the case of the Africans. There we have them, somewhat coppery, but not too dark. 

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The case of Latinos is different. The sun is strong in the Latin American summer, but the breeze is very refreshing due to the foliage of its trees and the proximity of the sea. Hence, the tone of their skin has been subtly tinted without becoming darker in any way. 

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In Europe and other regions where winters are cold and snowy, the sun is weak and does not become a problem. That is why most people living in these parts of the world have white skin, blond hair and light eyes. 

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The above differences are only the most obvious. There are others that are less marked, but, together, they caused the cultures of each place to acquire nuances specific to the area in question. Thus, in obedience to their experiences, they created their own gods, their own language and their own way of proceeding and reacting to the vicissitudes of fate. In conclusion, they created their customs and traditions in tune with what they had to live through. However, we are all human beings who are supposed to pretend to live in peace, without being forced to fight to defend our territories. But this is not the case. It seems that the ancestral memory of generations carries with it the attacks of previous civilizations where the law of the strongest prevailed, and, therefore, we continue to fight like wild beasts, exterminating each other without rest and without a fixed course, in this terrible sea of ​​differences and polarizations. 

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The average citizen today is, in some way, a victim of his ancestors, but he also learned from them to fight against inclement weather, changes in temperature, bellicose neighbors, cultures contrary to his own, different beliefs, faiths and religions, petty politicians, and enemies, both declared and masked, simply for existing.

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From my perspective, I believe that there is a segment of today's civilization that aims to neutralize as much as possible the disagreements and diverse perspectives that have diminished the logical direction of events and the purposes of citizens fighting for world peace. However, I must confess that, up to now, it seems to me that they have only succeeded in distracting everyone's attention, and, without realizing it, have sown thorns in the path to the purposes they pursue, involuntarily giving relatively solid arguments to their opponents. 

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Even so, I believe that the generation we have raised has learned along the way to battle against the impossible, thanks to the contribution of many philosophers, intellectuals and talented people who have left their mark and their advice of prudence and common sense, pointing out the right path. 

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Once again, the thought of the 17th century British poet and writer John Donne, expressed in the fragment of his poem “The bell tolls for thee,” is evident. The passage in question reads as follows: “The death of any person affects us, because we are linked to all humanity as a whole; therefore, never ask, for whom the bell tolls? It tolls for thee!” 

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Analyzed in depth, everything leads us to consider that we are on the right path when we willingly accept the recommendations of personalities of the stature of writers and poets of extraordinary caliber, among them, the famous writer Ernest Hemingway, when he published in 1929 his magnum opus: "A Farewell to Arms."