(12-12-2024, 02:58 PM)zqwerty Wrote: I know you and many others are saying that war is some sort of outside conspiracy or type of behaviour induced by malign forces without the participants best interests at heart but I am saying that this urge, instinct, extant behaviour is just built into some groups by programming over long periods of time and is part of their psyche which they indulge in at will.
You can't stop the warring because it is part of their whole being which has become intrinsic over time.
Then that is what must change.
Thanks to the Dunedin study, & others,we know now that what happens during childhood can affect out entire lives, perhaps in another century or so we might actually try to address that..
There were peace groups at one time, & they usually did peaceful protests against nuclear arms. Sit down protests & they'd refuse to move so that police had to drag/carry them away.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)