Path of Least Resistance

Not too long ago I took a flight home to see my mom and sisters.  This was the very first flight I've ever taken so I was mesmerized by the view.  As I was staring out the window I realized that everything man-made is divided into rectangles.  If you've ever flown or seen aerial pictures of the world you might be saying, "Uh, yeah, duh!"  But I had to ask myself why rectangles?  Why haven't we divided our land into circles or triangles or any other shape?
Well the answer is that rectangles are simpler for us.  Other shapes are awkward and they don't easily allow for equal division of land.  Other shapes don't split into even, equal rows for crops.  It's even easier to mow grass if we can go up one side and down the other in a rectangle.  Basically, it just makes life easier and we are programmed to want to take the road of least resistance.
It's the same in our social lives as well.  We find it important to avoid negative interactions and so we avoid conflict almost to an extreme.  This means that in a situation of oppressor and oppressed the oppressed will allow the oppression to continue as long as they can stand.  But the longer the discrimination continues the more savage it becomes and the more difficult it becomes to deny it's injustice.  Therefore, it is inevitable that a conflict will occur when the oppressed fight to gain or regain equal rights.
We have seen this before in the Civil Rights Movement of the African American community and we are seeing it again in the civil rights struggle of the LGBTQ community.  We have been targeted for too long and we will not stand it anymore so we are having to fight for equal rights.
But we would never have to fight each other at all if discrimination did not exist.  If no one was ever targeted and victimized then no one would have to struggle for equality and no one else would have to struggle to keep it away.  Think of how much energy our country is spending fighting itself.  Are we so lost and confused that we have to look into our neighbor's window to find what we are passionate about?
My point is that the true path of least resistance for humankind is to treat everyone with love and respect and never oppress or discriminate against anyone.  This way our lives won't be lost to meaningless conflict.
Love_Respect_Equality_Peace.