A person can change herself, but you can not change masses. Now look at it and you will see nobody wants to change himself. Everybody talks about changing countries, changing "other side", changing their neighbor. Everybody wants next person to change , but nobody really looks at himself. So this dream of creating something outside that can change the world through a better way is not only an illusion , its also something people hold onto for escaping from facing themselves.
Lets give an example together. If I come here and you tell me "Hermes I dont want hearing people here" , I would think "why , are we not equal?". Now there are couple different things I can do after this point. I can think deaf people see themselves superior, and try to change it. This is the beginning of the division for me (not for you, yours started when you told me you didnt want me here). Of course my attempts of changing you will fail. The division and conflict between us will get bigger. Action will be followed by reaction, and we both will hold each other responsible.
Or, when you said you do not want me here, instead of moving my thoughts outside towards you, I can look at myself. I can ask myself how it makes me feel, when I am told, I was not wanted by you. If it disturbs me, I can ask why it disturbs me. I can observe this and see what are the roots of this in me. Because no matter what you say , if your words didnt have an equivalent they touch in me, they wouldnt bother me at the first point. Making this observation I can see the conflict, and division in me, which was always there, hiding , but was never noticed before . Now I can realize this division was already in me , and my reaction, my anger towards you was just a reflection of it. Once seeing it, I can end this conflict in me, I can achieve self unity. This is not a one time thing though. There will be other things that touches me, and I should keep observing myself.
Once this self conflict ends, your words wont find their equivalent in me. I am not disturbed by you anymore. I am not affected by the state of your mind. Because I am not part of it anymore, this will end the division and conflict outside for me too. Changing you is not a goal after this point.
This is the difference between living in division and unity, but it is against everything people believe in. To them the other side is the cause of all problems. Once one believes in it, one will live in conflict forever. We can not change it. We can talk about it and perhaps couple people will get inspired, but thats it, and nothing more. But it doesn't matter, because our life doesn't depend on other people's actions and reactions anymore. We can just let the world be, and protect our self unity.
Love
Hermes