>>Of course, I'll never convince you that one
gets to a state of not having war by not
having war.
Maybe because it's counter-intuitive? War is the
norm in history; peace is the brief interlude
between wars. The longest periods of peace have
followed decisive defeats. If you want to increase
the peaceful periods between wars, you may have to
press for decisive defeats.
Not that I don't appreciate the seductiveness of
your argument. It's the Aquarian ideal that we can
all evolve into Star Trek Gandhi beings with
glowing third eyes. All we have to do is act like
we're in a better world, and a better world will
arise. Throughout my twenties I hoped that could
be true.
Now I think we have to act like we're in a better
world without any hope for anything.
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