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the art of sharing a planet with things you didn't choose and can't return.
means the state of two or more different people, species, or nations existing side by side without destroying each other.
from from latin co- (together) and existere (to stand forth, exist) — popularized in cold war diplomacy as peaceful coexistence, a term the ussr used to mean we won't nuke you if you don't nuke us.
cold war termkhrushchev pushed it as soviet foreign policy in 1956
biology versioncalled symbiosis, way older than any treaty
bumper sticker famereligious symbols spelling coexist debuted in 2000
for instance
india's religious pluralism — hindus, muslims, sikhs, christians in one constitution since 1950
lichen — fungus and algae surviving together for over 400 million years
switzerland's four languages — german, french, italian, romansh, one federation since 1848
israel palestine talks — decades of proposals still chasing the word