I feel like a lot of the worlds problems could be solved if people went into any kind of negotiations without greed, but with the intention of balance.
There is a fantasy web-comic called Dominic Deegan: Oracle For Hire. Although it takes place in a fantastical world, the author, Mookie, quite clearly integrates a lot of his views about this world into to story.
The most recent of which has been relating to chauvinistic religions that treat women as sinful and promote the idea of a violent masculine god. One of the characters is dealing with his hatred toward the religion that raised him to be a monstrous person from a very young age.
In an earlier chain of events there is the concept of three champions. The champion of Order, the champion of Chaos, and the champion of Balance. It is shown that too much of either Order or Chaos is a bad thing. While chaos is uncontrollable and has, thus far, driven it's champion mad, Order only seeks to rule and dominate. Order says, follow the rules that we lay down for you whether they are fair or not, any deviation is punished in the worst ways, any one who does not have the right religion or ancestry, is not worthy of life. Order is practically comparable to Hitler. The only way for the universe to be set to rights, is by maintaining a balance between these two factions.
I find it an interesting concept. Majority of stories attempt to convey a very clear idea of Light and Dark. Good vs. Evil. Mookie shows that everybody has their own idea of right and wrong, and it is how they attempt to assert these notions that is the true danger.
Title quote from the TV show Get Smart
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