Rethinking Politics

I wonder how the world would be if the mainstream political thinking would be based on this:

"Oh mankind, We created you from a male and a female and made you into nations and tribes so that you may know one another. Verily, the most honored among you in the sight of God is the most righteous of you..."

Rather than this:

"Humans are selfish, two-legged animals."

Or this:

"[Human life is] solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short."

Or this:

"Might is right."

Or this:

"[distrust] the multitude'".

Or this:

"The general will"

Or this:

"Imperialism"

Or this:

"State"

Or this:

"Nation-state"

Or this:

"People's power"

Or this:

"Democracy"

Or this:

"Republicanism"

Or this:

"Communism"

Or this:

"Monarchy"

Or this:

"Socialism"

Or this:

"Fascism"

Or this:

"Capitalism"

Or this:

"Human capital"

Or this:

"The World Bank"

Or this:

"Fiat currency"

Or this:

"National security"

Or this:

"Racism"

Or this:

"Social contract"

Or this:

"Conservatism"

Or this:

"Liberalism"

Or this:

"Libertarianism"

Or this:

"Extremism"


Etc...

Out of all, we wonder ourselves why politics is so "dirty" and yet in the end, we point our crooked fingers to this and that politicians, never to bother about the underlying assumptions and principles that define and govern politics itself. Whereas we strive to classify and differentiate ourselves from others with so-called "group identity" and "mutual interest", are they alternatives to these thinking that calls for not "group identity" , rather, "commonality"; not "mutual interest", rather, "selfless interest"?

Philosophers and thinkers throughout the ages deliberate much about how their brethren behave such and such especially when it comes to "power", "authority" and "legitimacy". What they found were a whole lot of behaviors (of human vices and virtues) whilst scholars of today generalize them into a whole continuum and spectra of what is "left" and what is "right" or what is "good" and what is "bad".

The result? Well, the outcome is more often than not, as effective as passing resolutions in the United Nations. Despite our economic, technological, and material advancement, why are cries of the world getting ever louder longing for justice, peace, and compassion? Why are we getting ever restless despite having all the comforts that we have from a well-heated room to the fastest-broadband connection to the virtual world?

Perhaps there are other missing variables that we forgot to throw in when we consider our philosophy that governs our thoughts and principles; perhaps we just simply gulped in whatever is thrown at us without really looking at the ingredients? Perhaps we should embark an extensive research on this, no?