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It requires artificial promotion and segregation for individuals to persist in their hatred of one another. When examining the nature of difference at the appropriate scale, the lines which separate us are largely arbitrary when the shared experience of the human existence is given its due consideration. We are alike, even in our differences.
The used rhetorical device is Hyperbole.
Saying that something is a billion times better is hyperbole because it is not really that much better, you would just be over exaggerating.
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No. This is because communication is 2+ people corresponding to each other. Reading is just interpreting and consuming facts, rather than having a conversation.