Social opinions and attitudes - why are they so different in peoples ?

Opinions and attitudes
Members of our species called homo sapiens have largely similar or identical biological features of body structure and biochemical processes in our organisms. Also, the basic neurobiological processes in our brain are based on the same mechanisms of electrochemical signal transmission and the functioning of neural networks. Therefore, we all have roughly the same psychomotor functions. However, people's views on the interrelationships, functioning, and organization of human society often differ diametrically.
  Let's try to briefly think about what factors and circumstances influence interpersonal relationships, our social orientation, opinions and attitudes :

• Personality traits 
  They are partly genetically inherited from our parents and more distant ancestors, partly shaped by upbringing. Especially in early childhood, but they can develop throughout life. What is in our nature the representation of egoism or, conversely, modesty, empathy and altruism; a sense of fair equal relations between people; a degree of ambition to a sense of superiority and contempt for others; despotism, anger and hatred, or, conversely, respect and sympathy for good people.
  
• Our life experience 
  - what events and people we encountered, good or bad, in what social environment we lived. Positive or negative examples for us. Unfortunately, even the negative ones can impress someone... What knowledge and opinions do we take away from this?
  
• The influence of social systems and propaganda 
  Also, the current social system, the ruling political set, and propaganda in the press and other media can greatly influence people's views and social attitudes. Especially those who are not used to thinking independently and forming their own independent opinion, they only "parrot" the opinions and attitudes that others suggest to them, such as the "celebrities" they admire.
  
• Right - left orientation
  The views of people (often even those who do not participate in the social "ladder") on the social status of rich and powerful people or groups, versus other people, are basically divided into two positions :
  --> The left-wing orientation is based on the view of the fundamental equality of all people, regardless of their property and social status.
  --> The right-wing orientation is of the opinion that the privileged rich and powerful know best what "crumbs" from their rich table are sufficient for the "general poor people".
    So the supporters of the left emphasize more what all people have in common, the diversity of people is on a horizontal level (one can do something, the other can do something else ...). Proponents of the right emphasize the vertical hierarchy of people - some people are more capable (everything - grab more for themselves...).
  Terminological note: Different attitudes of people towards the position of rich and powerful people have existed since time immemorial. The names "right-left" developed historically during the Great French Revolution in 1789, when supporters of the monarchy and old orders sat on the right at a meeting of the general states, while supporters of change - freedom, equality, fraternity - sat on the left.
  
• Personal particular interests 
  - economic (financial), party, corporate. Politicians, company managers and other functional employees often have to present opinions and attitudes corresponding to the interests of parties, companies, bosses. And even if it is inherently not hold ...
  
• Thinking - analytical and critical 
  It is very important for the formation of a reasonable self-opinion, how capable and willing we are to think about what is happening around us and about the information and opinions that come to us. Analyze objectively and from various points of view the causes, circumstances and consequences of social events. To draw causal conclusions and opinions from it - how much it helps or hinders the better life of people on earth. Self-thinking can be an effective defense against primitive black-and-white vision.

Conclusion - let us seek objective opinions, wise attitudes and actions
For some people, it can be difficult to break free from pettiness, selfishness, hatred, "black and white" vision, elitist arrogance, opinions that are being "worn". However, it is worth "working on oneself" and thinking objectively - so that we are not despised individuals who do nothing good for anyone and spread hatred and contradictions around them. But they have become wise people with objective and tolerant opinions, which others will appreciate not out of fear, sysophancy and envy, but for human qualities... Only such an approach can be part of true human happiness..!..

RNDr. Vojtech Ullmann
physicist