This is a wonderful big-picture analysis. The resulting findings and perspectives are noble. (That's a daunting word to utter in a comment on a Medium piece, yet upon reflection, imho, it's fully merited.) For that reason, for me personally at least, this piece is an emotional favorite among your pieces, to be admired and commended for its encompassing, insightful, balanced, nuanced portrait of humanity -- a big-picture height not reached by the comments you received. (And I applaud how well you answered those commenters -- may they see the light.) Bravo!