| > It's literally brought about the longest period of peace between major world powers, in basically the entire history of civilization. What may look to you like peace is still a mexican standoff. On small time scales no one is firing a weapon but it's not an environment I'd call peaceful. > At the end of the day human conflict is rooted in simple physics and biology. We compete for a limited set of resources. Even if everyone had every resource they wanted, they'd still compete for sexual partners. You're not going to fix biology or physics. If you have an issue with this, I'd suggest filing a complaint with God. I don't think using physics to explain warfare would be simple at all. Biologically, I agree that situational constraints sometimes do potentiate conflict. But my complaint is firmly with humans, not some made-up external force they imagine to be responsible. If you would use violence to obtain sexual partners that's on you, not God. I'm not suggesting that people ignore real constraints, that would be as irrational as ignoring the consequences of actions. I'm also not claiming to have a formula, or system to achieve this. I'm saying we discount the possibility of anything new or different at our own peril. I just can't accept that "God made us violent, so stop worrying and love the bomb" is the only conclusion a truly serious person could come to. > What is your comment? No one can choose on behalf of others. You can only choose on behalf of yourself. Hence the issue. I agree that there is no simple solution to ending humanity's destructive tendencies because society cannot change from the top down, only the bottom up (or inside out if you prefer). |