OPINIONISTA: Humans are wired for interconnectedness and interdependence – not for conflict and killing each other

The human species is the only one that is wired to be utterly dependent on the nurture and support of others for a very considerable time at the beginning of life, as well as at the end of life. The essence of being human is to be relational – interconnected and interdependent.

Coming into consciousness liberated us from acquiescence to the inferiority complex intended to keep us subservient and self-identifying as non-Europeans and non-whites. The proclamation of being black and proud was an essential first step in mental and psychological liberation. Our destructive actions against nature and other living beings on our planet cannot be regarded as an indicator of being wired for destruction. Humanity has an infinite inner capacity to learn anew how to be human again.

We also need to heed the powerful message that has come from the recently published 6th Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, which for the first time in its 30-year history has named colonial conquest and its ongoing impacts as the root cause of the climate crisis. It points out that colonialism was not just an economic exploitative process, but a terraforming process that disturbed harmony in nature and between people.

I’m afraid I look around SA, and I relegate ubuntu to the same place as Santa Claus and the Easter bunny. Nice story for the kids but no relation to the real world.

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