Respect

There is problem in our world today. Nay, there are many, many problems in our world today. But I feel this one that has been weighing upon my mind these last few weeks may be one of, if not the, core root to why there is so much wrong. Our world today has a major problem with respect. And it's probably not in the way that you are thinking.
I, personally, feel that the world has too much respect. I feel like there is too much respect for others with age, distributed authority, and financial power. But not enough to those who have earned respect. And, yet, if someone has "earned" respect, is it the best idea to give it to them? Because, if so, we will be placing another human being above others in our mind. Which, of course, is the natural thing to do. As human beings, we are very judgemental creatures, gaining impressions and "facts" about people within the first couple seconds of meeting them which may or may not actually be accurate.
And therefore, through quick judgement, or any judgement at all, we create this Pecking Order of our own inside our head, only distributing certain levels and amounts of respect to those that we personally deem worthy of it. And through all this judgement and ranking, we show over exhausted amounts of respect for those people who may not truly deserve it, while neglecting many others.
No, the problem in the world today is that there is too much respect. Our inequality does not come from skin color, financial situations, or intelligence. It comes from dividing our respect unequally to those who we only deem worthy. And yet, if God is no respecter of persons, why should we be?
There is a difference between being respectful and being a respecter of persons. We are all capable of, and should, show respect to everyone, no matter their situation. But being a respecter of persons only makes us have to create a "lower class" in our minds to counter this more worthy one we have also created.
Most of this "respect" that we are raised to accept and commit ourselves to is to people of authoratative power in the government or any other man-given ranking, causing us therefore to be a respecter of persons. Many people were forced to show respect to people like Hitler or Stalin, due to the penalties if not. And yet, what did they actually do to earn true respect? People were forced to be a respecter of persons, not respectful.
A perfect world would consist of all people living in a Law of Consecration, where all is according to need, and one person is not above the rest. And all people would be respectful to one another, yet would not be a respecter of persons due to our inability now to distinguish inequality amongst us.
Yes, there are many problems in the world today. And a major one is that there is too much respect.