Originally posted by miko2d
medicboy: Its this simple, as long as there is individualism and religion, there will never be peace.
Quite the opposite. It's collectivist states that start wars.
Religion may be used as an excuse but it is really the state doctrine that causes religious civil or foreign wars.
miko
Incredible... I agree w/ miko.
When it comes to war, nationalism becomes little more than mob rule on a huge scale. Have you ever heard of conflicts between tribes spilling over to their neighbors or inflicting massive casualties? We fight ideological wars over rights and sovereignty instead of cattle and grazing land.
That being said, I think conflict is an inseparable part of human nature, and if war is a consequence of building nations among men, then maybe it's one worth dealing with.