The Greatest Battle of Mankind

Human beings are capable of anything to keep their idea or perception of themselves intact.

That is to say, people will lie, manipulate, cheat, torture, deceive, and use all sorts of scheming in order to keep their status quo intact.

Therefore, based on this undeniable fact of life, one can easily say that the main obstacle to evolution, social justice, equality, and freedom are people themselves.

But one may still ask, why is that so?

People are the ones who create the laws and regulations, which are deliberately vague and imprecise so that they can be interpreted in thousands of different ways.

People are the ones who set up the systems, which have enough leeway to allow favoritism and unaccounted-for biases.

People are the ones who interpret and execute the laws and systems, thus adapting them to their own view of reality, which is often a very narrow perspective on the wider reality of life.

People are the ones who create narratives that justify oppression, making it seem natural or even necessary for maintaining order.

People are the ones who defend traditions, even when they are harmful, simply because change is uncomfortable.

People are the ones who, despite having knowledge and power, often choose silence over action, allowing injustice to persist.

In the end, the real struggle is not against external forces, but against the very nature of human self-preservation — the fear of change, the resistance to discomfort, and the reluctance to let go of illusions. Only when individuals confront these deep-seated tendencies within themselves can true transformation take place.

The greatest battle of humanity is not against systems, governments, doctrines or ideologies — it is against the deceptive comfort of its own self-image. (Tadany 11 02 25)