Glorious cold war victory ?

I was never a fan of Joe Stalin or an apologist for the Evil

    Empire, but it seems to me the world was safer and saner when there

    was the once formidable Soviet Union to reckon with.

                    If we separate rational idealism of communist ideology

    from its bureaucratic corruption in the Kremlin , we see that a powerful

    and seductive message was aimed at the OPPRESSED everywhere: you must

    UNITE against oppression and exploitation in all its odious forms everywhere.

    Your race, nationality, religion  should be no obstacle to unity in this

    fight : WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE !

               Why does that slogan sound so quaint and ludicrous today ? Is

    tribalism - even in its politically correct forms - the spirit of the

    times and just when advances in the science of genetics leave no room for

    doubt about old egalitarian assumptions. People are alike everywhere.

    Everywhere they have the same human needs, dream the same dreams.

               What diabolical force is determined to keep mankind divided ?

          Is hateful tribalism in the interest of global capitalism ?  More

    important to see oneself as a Jew or an Arab than a human being ?

                  Ironically the Jews practically invented CONSCIENCE.