[sonnyblarney]

"Everyone" not remotely everyone.

[yters]

No one wants to get killed or suffer during war, but everyone wants to be the boss.

[sonnyblarney]

Not only do most people not want to be boss, most nations aren't trying to take over the world.

One interesting thing: since most nations are tiny, and they are so utterly dependent on playing ninjitsu against others because they have no hard power ... the though doesn't occur to them. It becomes part of the national identity.

Canada->US Scotland->England Nordics (i.e. Norwegian)->Germany/France

We're a little bit more meek (for better or worse) by default, not just in geopolitics, but culturally as well.

[yters]

Right, but there is always someone trying to take over, and without resistance on the part of peacelovers, they succeed.

[sonnyblarney]

Sadly it's not the peace-lovers that keep the peace.

Peace is kept through a balance of power.