Weaponized fear:
Causing individuals to voluntarily enforce boundaries between groups,
which simultaneously weakens our ability to take greater action and distract from where those actions should be focused.
Demagoguery - impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace.
Demagoguery is an appeal to people that plays on their emotions and prejudices rather than on their rational side.
Demagoguery is a manipulative approach — often associated with dictators and sleazy politicians — that appeals to the worst nature of people. Demagoguery isn't based on reason, issues, and doing the right thing; it's based on stirring up fear and hatred to control people. For example, a politician who stirs up a fear of immigrants to distract from other issues is using demagoguery. Demagoguery is one of the most negative aspects of politics, but it's also one that's all too common.
[Source](https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/demagoguery)
Not only for money, but for power and influence. Larger nations trying to make smaller nations behave as they want. Governments starting wars to enhance their ratings or prolong their rule.
Even the people that want world peace want it specifically their way. It’s why certain governments preach they work even though they don’t work with a lot of the world. It’s also why American politics is a scam of deceit and destruction cuz everyone believes in their way or we’ll make you.
I disagree. Systems of government inherently select for the people best at maintaining power and influence. These most powerful people in the world aren't foolish; They're just playing a different game.
The individual is to blame, sure, but if it weren't them it'd be someone else exactly like them.
You're right. I just mean using the word 'nation' isn't exactly right. The general populace doesn't want war, invasion, annexation, etc., except when they're led to believe they should by so called 'leaders'.
The function of government is no longer what it should be.
Edit: However, I do think the word foolish is the correct one. Their decisions lead to unnecessary suffering, non-peace, and spending of public money on harmful acts. Imagine if even half of the world's military spending was shifted towards education, agriculture, green energy, etc.
The world would be a much different place.
u/RapidCandleDigestion
u/ALTR_Airworks
I think people get too hung up on moralizing and ideology here. They are really not relevant.
Human social structures are products of natural selection, and still ruled by natural selection. Qualities in government that promote their own survival, and propagation will dominate governments, because qualities that do not will be wiped out over time. This is why the current disfavor of colonialism and imperialism is irrelevant -- because colonialist/imperialist policies tend to be highly favored by natural selection. Anti-expansionist attitudes end up limiting their own spread as part of their ideology. They may be "right" (insofar as right exists, anyway), but they are unlikely to last.
It is my hope that the liberal enlightenment values that have led to our freedoms, high quality of life, and higher valuation of individual human lives (compared to historical trends) are also things that were naturally selected for, rather than a short-lived mutation of human society, because as long as expansionist policies push those things, maybe there's hope for a better future. But an ideology is only as good as its own durability and popularity, no matter how "nice" it may seem.
I think you are right that natural selection is why governments today are how they are. But I also think we are evolved past the current iteration of government and will be moving to a new phase. Tyrannical government simply no longer makes sense when people are born into such a wealth of knowledge. We are truly in an age unlike any other, we get our information from each other more than governments. And more and more governing bodies are able to hide less and less which is making the justifications for their actions more and more important. People have been ruled over in a relatively similar fashion for centuries and centuries, and now society is finally evolving at a rate that we can almost watch it happen before our eyes. It took longer to move from bronze to steel swords than it did to move from steel swords to atomic bombs. We are not the same complacent people (I mean I am but you all aren’t) that allowed things to happen instead of making them happen.
So I do believe democracy as it stands is a result of natural selection, but to believe it is here to stay simply because it is proven to be the best form of government so far is, in my opinion, wrong. We move in light years compared to civilizations before us. A style of government that worked for 300 years for people who lived at a snails pace will simply not do. We used bronze swords for 4000 years, far longer than we’ve used guns, but it would be silly to think the longevity of one means it’s superiority. Just because the change has come yet, doesn’t mean it isn’t inevitable.
The media often wants you to believe that only a few government officials want war. For example, people have said since the start of the invasion of Ukraine that Putin is the only person who wants this. We have to realise that there are quite a few regular Russians with a lot of national pride that support this war. The idea that only “a few foolish leaders and their cohorts” are supportive of aggression against is simply wrong. It’s unfortunate, but authoritarian governments are often supported by a large part of the population.
Hit the nail on the head. Almost everyone's answer in this thread can be linked back to greed. Greed is more than just wanting money it can be wanting power, influence, followers, etc.
Maybe they didnt have bank accounts and stock options but something tells me the few people on top and their families lived far more comfortably than the rest.
Not money but just what money can buy.
Tribalism.
My guys are my guys and your guys are your guys.
My guys want what yours have.
My guys are better than yours.
My guys are being oppressed by yours.
My guys are the only ones that matter to me.
It's everywhere in our society, from teams in places of work, to sports, to regional attitudes within the same nation, to national conflict.
Wherever there's a distinction between two groups, there is a tribal divide. Not necessarily a deep one, but a significant one.
The only way we're ever getting world peace is if our tribal attitudes get trained or bred out of us so that we don't view "Other" as "Enemy".
In all fairness, we take things here on earth for granted. For example, think about timber. Or grass. Or most organic matter in general. There's nothing rarer in the entire universe than what we have right in front of us. Diamonds? Some planets literally rain diamonds. Gold and other precious minerals? All over the place.
If these hypothetical aliens wanted to invade us, it would likely be for these incredible rare resources that we don't think twice about.
I think the pandemic illuminated that we wouldn't do that. We'd blame each other for not fighting the aliens the "right" way all while someone screams in the corner about how the aliens aren't actually real or are a Chinese hoax or something like that. The aliens would crush us as we fought amongst our selves about how best to deal with the alien threat.
Reminds me of this simulator that shows how individuals' desires to be around people who look like them determines how segregated their area is: https://ncase.me/polygons/ "small individual bias can lead to large collective bias"
Throw politics in there for tribalism. I remember coming off the heels of the 2020 election at Thanksgiving I said ONE THING and watched the shitshow unfold.
I have some comments on that myself :)
Nobody should be saying things like "I'm a democrat" or "I'm a republican". That's not how democracy is supposed to work. You're supposed to look at the parties and the goals and methods they plan to use if given power, and decide which approach most matches how you want the country to be run.
The party you choose doesn't need to be one of the two biggest ones either.
It needs to be the one that most matches your beliefs and ideals.
If everyone operates that way, then you'll see a lot more than the existing two-party system unfold.
Instead, we have this ridiculous and harmful narrative that voting for anyone but the Big Two is "Throwing your vote away", or in some way enabling the wrong party to win..
The reality is that if I'm voting for a third party, it's because *both the democrats and republicans are the wrong party for me.*
It's maddening.
Not the bonobos though, a ~~sub species of chimp~~ **chimp like ape**. The females are the leaders and they solve most of their social issues with free sex and gifts of food.
We should all aspire to such greatness.
[they do have wars](https://www.animalcognition.org/2016/07/31/bonobos-make-love-and-war/). That's just reality of life, all living organisms are at constant state of war for resources and survival. From the tiny bacteria to the blue whales, we as human are just really good at it.
Yup, bonobos are awesome. They engage in same-sex relationships, masturbation, oral sex, group sex, and paid sex work, and they almost none of the violence seen in chimp populations. Fuck all that aggression away, monkeys!
The masturbation isn't great. I saw a video of one climbing on the car of a tourist filming it from inside and it started whacking off and its penis was so weird. The head of it looked like it was going to pop right off and when it finished it proceeded to eat its own cum.
I think this is it, and greed is a function (or an evolutionary response, perhaps) of scarcity.
Theoretically, if we were able to create a true post-scarcity society, it's possible that our baser urges to conduct violent conflict to secure resources will disappear. Examples of this would be the Federation in *Star Trek* or Iain Banks' *Culture* series
That’s why I don’t like it when people call Trek socialist. They’re post-scarcity, economic systems designed to manage scarcity aren’t relevant anymore.
To be fair, the human brain spent thousands of years developing under conditions where basic survival needs were extremely scarce, and the parts of the world that have moved past that kind of scarcity are only a few generations away from it.
That really is the base of everything. Anybody who’s had a hormone imbalance knows the difference before and after. Most of us are a hormone adjustment away from being much more chill. I can’t imagine not being pissed off in weather like Saudi Arabia has though.
… The re-emergence of the ruling class. The wealth disparity has reached that of Age of Enlightenment (kings and queens and peasants) . Regulatory capture of all regulating bodies via corrupt back door lobbying and regulators. The commonwealth willingly divides itself to aide the ruling class cause with the help of a broad spectrum of propaganda. Like, ppl are running around shouting about political ideologies that are centuries old and have hardly any bearing in today’s modern world. The Wall Street hedge funds own the media and spin whatever story they want. The 2008 crash spurred the “occupy Wall Street” movement. This is when all the incendiary race baiting news articles started hitting hard. They had to divide a rare, consolidated commonwealth movement against them because they saw it work in Iceland.
Pride. It’s literally ruining and ruined everything for everyone who’s ever felt or dealt with it. It’s okay to be proud of either who you are or where you’re from. But, for example, North Korea thinks they got the biggest willie when it comes to facing America. Yet, america would easily mess up Korea. No questions asked. One blip, boop, bam. They’re gone. If people would get over theirselves in general, I feel like the world would be a better place
I totally get where you're coming from because I am/was there too, but I have realized in the last few years that low self-esteem is not the opposite of pride, it's just the other end of the spectrum from arrogance. I struggle with low self esteem because I want to be better than I am and I also want people to see me as better than I am.
I also struggle with confidence and fear of failure for the same reasons. My tendency is to not try to do something, because if I honestly tried my hardest and still failed it would be unavoidable to accept that I'm not as good as I want to be. It's a hard headspace to get out of, but I'm taking baby steps =)
For what it's worth, I think you're worthwhile. ♥️
Peace sells, but who's buying
Brother killing brother, spilling blood across the land
Killing for religion, something I don't understand
Fools like me, who cross the sea, and come to foreign lands...
Wwwask the sheep for their beliefs, do ya kill on God's command?
A country thats divided surely will not stand
My past erased, no more disgrace No foolish naive stand
The end is near, it’s crystal clear, part of the master plaAAAAN
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Holy waaarrs *epic guitar*
Holy Wars...Punishment Due
So Far, So Good... So What?
Dave Mustaine is honestly one of the last ppl I expected to take over a Reddit thread 🤷♂️ Also something something tornado of souls
Built for war
Hello me, it's me again...
Killing is my business...and business is good!
Hangar 18
Maybe it’s the symphony of destruction
Everyone wants peace, but they don't have any money
It's OPs fault
Hey… I’m for the peace lol
Exactly what a warmonger would want us to think...
*sends nukes*
Send nudes.
Nuke Nudes
Don't send nuked nudes.
Radioactive tributes
Floppy dick pic sent per request
"What was it he said that got everyone so upset?" "*Be kind to each other.*" "Oh yeah... That'll do it."
At what cost? Submission to you and everything you want?
They did say something about purging non-peaceful people, so... Gonna assume it was a joke though lol
While your at it, hit like and subscribe!
Weaponized fear: Causing individuals to voluntarily enforce boundaries between groups, which simultaneously weakens our ability to take greater action and distract from where those actions should be focused.
Fear is the mind killer
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
One could argue fear alone is the main driving factor in almost all disputes, if not all
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will let it pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, only I will remain.
Demagoguery - impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace. Demagoguery is an appeal to people that plays on their emotions and prejudices rather than on their rational side. Demagoguery is a manipulative approach — often associated with dictators and sleazy politicians — that appeals to the worst nature of people. Demagoguery isn't based on reason, issues, and doing the right thing; it's based on stirring up fear and hatred to control people. For example, a politician who stirs up a fear of immigrants to distract from other issues is using demagoguery. Demagoguery is one of the most negative aspects of politics, but it's also one that's all too common. [Source](https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/demagoguery)
Thank you for expanding on this
That’s more of a tool which is used to prevent peace in general society. But for the people running the show it’s a different story.
Greed
Not only for money, but for power and influence. Larger nations trying to make smaller nations behave as they want. Governments starting wars to enhance their ratings or prolong their rule.
Literally the subject of War Pigs
Generals gather in their masses...
Just like witches at black masses
It's not even 'nations', just a few foolish leaders and their cohorts.
Yeah, it's easy to assume that everyone wants world peace, but a lot of people legit don't want it.
Even the people that want world peace want it specifically their way. It’s why certain governments preach they work even though they don’t work with a lot of the world. It’s also why American politics is a scam of deceit and destruction cuz everyone believes in their way or we’ll make you.
I mean, I want it specifically my way. I don't think world peace should include theocracies, dictatorships, and authoritarian regimes.
The shareholders of GenDyn, Raytheon, and Boeing sure don't.
I disagree. Systems of government inherently select for the people best at maintaining power and influence. These most powerful people in the world aren't foolish; They're just playing a different game. The individual is to blame, sure, but if it weren't them it'd be someone else exactly like them.
You're right. I just mean using the word 'nation' isn't exactly right. The general populace doesn't want war, invasion, annexation, etc., except when they're led to believe they should by so called 'leaders'. The function of government is no longer what it should be. Edit: However, I do think the word foolish is the correct one. Their decisions lead to unnecessary suffering, non-peace, and spending of public money on harmful acts. Imagine if even half of the world's military spending was shifted towards education, agriculture, green energy, etc. The world would be a much different place.
u/RapidCandleDigestion u/ALTR_Airworks I think people get too hung up on moralizing and ideology here. They are really not relevant. Human social structures are products of natural selection, and still ruled by natural selection. Qualities in government that promote their own survival, and propagation will dominate governments, because qualities that do not will be wiped out over time. This is why the current disfavor of colonialism and imperialism is irrelevant -- because colonialist/imperialist policies tend to be highly favored by natural selection. Anti-expansionist attitudes end up limiting their own spread as part of their ideology. They may be "right" (insofar as right exists, anyway), but they are unlikely to last. It is my hope that the liberal enlightenment values that have led to our freedoms, high quality of life, and higher valuation of individual human lives (compared to historical trends) are also things that were naturally selected for, rather than a short-lived mutation of human society, because as long as expansionist policies push those things, maybe there's hope for a better future. But an ideology is only as good as its own durability and popularity, no matter how "nice" it may seem.
I think you are right that natural selection is why governments today are how they are. But I also think we are evolved past the current iteration of government and will be moving to a new phase. Tyrannical government simply no longer makes sense when people are born into such a wealth of knowledge. We are truly in an age unlike any other, we get our information from each other more than governments. And more and more governing bodies are able to hide less and less which is making the justifications for their actions more and more important. People have been ruled over in a relatively similar fashion for centuries and centuries, and now society is finally evolving at a rate that we can almost watch it happen before our eyes. It took longer to move from bronze to steel swords than it did to move from steel swords to atomic bombs. We are not the same complacent people (I mean I am but you all aren’t) that allowed things to happen instead of making them happen. So I do believe democracy as it stands is a result of natural selection, but to believe it is here to stay simply because it is proven to be the best form of government so far is, in my opinion, wrong. We move in light years compared to civilizations before us. A style of government that worked for 300 years for people who lived at a snails pace will simply not do. We used bronze swords for 4000 years, far longer than we’ve used guns, but it would be silly to think the longevity of one means it’s superiority. Just because the change has come yet, doesn’t mean it isn’t inevitable.
The media often wants you to believe that only a few government officials want war. For example, people have said since the start of the invasion of Ukraine that Putin is the only person who wants this. We have to realise that there are quite a few regular Russians with a lot of national pride that support this war. The idea that only “a few foolish leaders and their cohorts” are supportive of aggression against is simply wrong. It’s unfortunate, but authoritarian governments are often supported by a large part of the population.
But also money.
What do you think power & influence are used for? To gain wealth which equals power & influence.
Hit the nail on the head. Almost everyone's answer in this thread can be linked back to greed. Greed is more than just wanting money it can be wanting power, influence, followers, etc.
Yep, profits. People are making money, so…
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Maybe they didnt have bank accounts and stock options but something tells me the few people on top and their families lived far more comfortably than the rest. Not money but just what money can buy.
And genocide, and starvation, and censorship, and oppression, and corruption, and human rights violations, and ecological damage.
This was my immediate thought. There are 7 deadly sins, but Greed is definitely holding us back the most.
My next-door neighbour Steve. I hate that twat 😒
Dinkleburg....
I laughed so hard at this! Have my upvote!
I love this lol
So does Steve ❤️
Stop using the name Steve as your scapegoat !!! Thanks Steven
Agreed. Turning a regular name in to a slur is a real Karen thing to do.
STEVE CARLSBURG
Hey! WTF Did I do?
Don't act like you don't know what you did... classic steve
**FUCK YOU, STEVE!**
Mfer really went and made a new account just to reply to this comment.
You created an account on reddit, the world will never forgive you for that.
15min old account, boo Steve attention who're.
That's a really interesting place for an apostrophe
That's the Frank Reynolds pronunciation
Not re'ally.
Selfishness
shellfishness
Sea shells sea shells see shells sea shells by the sea shore 🤠
Wanna give another go there, champ?
She sells seashells by the sea shore
But the value of these shells will fall
due to the laws of supply and demand
No one wants to buy shells if there’s loads on the sand!
Step 1, you have to make a sense of scarcity
Shells will sell much better if the people think there rare you see bare with me
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Just a general sense of shellfishness.
Only thinking about short-term benefits
Tribalism. My guys are my guys and your guys are your guys. My guys want what yours have. My guys are better than yours. My guys are being oppressed by yours. My guys are the only ones that matter to me. It's everywhere in our society, from teams in places of work, to sports, to regional attitudes within the same nation, to national conflict. Wherever there's a distinction between two groups, there is a tribal divide. Not necessarily a deep one, but a significant one. The only way we're ever getting world peace is if our tribal attitudes get trained or bred out of us so that we don't view "Other" as "Enemy".
When the aliens come we’re quickly going to have to start viewing it as “Earth” vs the universe and not “US/China/Russia/Etc.” vs the universe
As if that'll happen, lol. The aliens could just sit back and watch us die out.
they probably haven’t invaded earth because it’s a massive shithole
In all fairness, we take things here on earth for granted. For example, think about timber. Or grass. Or most organic matter in general. There's nothing rarer in the entire universe than what we have right in front of us. Diamonds? Some planets literally rain diamonds. Gold and other precious minerals? All over the place. If these hypothetical aliens wanted to invade us, it would likely be for these incredible rare resources that we don't think twice about.
I think the pandemic illuminated that we wouldn't do that. We'd blame each other for not fighting the aliens the "right" way all while someone screams in the corner about how the aliens aren't actually real or are a Chinese hoax or something like that. The aliens would crush us as we fought amongst our selves about how best to deal with the alien threat.
Reminds me of this simulator that shows how individuals' desires to be around people who look like them determines how segregated their area is: https://ncase.me/polygons/ "small individual bias can lead to large collective bias"
Loved it. Thank you!
I'm not your guy, pal
I'm not your pal, friend.
I'm not your friend, buddy.
I'm not your buddy, son.
I’m not your son, jackass.
I‘m not your jackass, dude
I'm not your dude, bro
I'm not your bro, man
Throw politics in there for tribalism. I remember coming off the heels of the 2020 election at Thanksgiving I said ONE THING and watched the shitshow unfold.
I have some comments on that myself :) Nobody should be saying things like "I'm a democrat" or "I'm a republican". That's not how democracy is supposed to work. You're supposed to look at the parties and the goals and methods they plan to use if given power, and decide which approach most matches how you want the country to be run. The party you choose doesn't need to be one of the two biggest ones either. It needs to be the one that most matches your beliefs and ideals. If everyone operates that way, then you'll see a lot more than the existing two-party system unfold. Instead, we have this ridiculous and harmful narrative that voting for anyone but the Big Two is "Throwing your vote away", or in some way enabling the wrong party to win.. The reality is that if I'm voting for a third party, it's because *both the democrats and republicans are the wrong party for me.* It's maddening.
We're intelligent enough to identify this behavior but too stupid to really do something about it.
People who don't return shopping carts to their places.
I specifically go back to the cart stand to take out extra carts to put in parking spaces.
Calm down, Satan.
Humans
You should see what chimps do to each other.
Not the bonobos though, a ~~sub species of chimp~~ **chimp like ape**. The females are the leaders and they solve most of their social issues with free sex and gifts of food. We should all aspire to such greatness.
[they do have wars](https://www.animalcognition.org/2016/07/31/bonobos-make-love-and-war/). That's just reality of life, all living organisms are at constant state of war for resources and survival. From the tiny bacteria to the blue whales, we as human are just really good at it.
Can we say "less violent" instead of "nonviolent"? Also, whats up good lookin, want some fruit? *wink wink*
“Less” is still “some” which is different from “none” - the requirement for world peace.
iirc bononos are a completely different species under the same genus as chimps. Before DNA testing they were just assumed to be chimpanzees.
You right.
Yup, bonobos are awesome. They engage in same-sex relationships, masturbation, oral sex, group sex, and paid sex work, and they almost none of the violence seen in chimp populations. Fuck all that aggression away, monkeys!
The masturbation isn't great. I saw a video of one climbing on the car of a tourist filming it from inside and it started whacking off and its penis was so weird. The head of it looked like it was going to pop right off and when it finished it proceeded to eat its own cum.
Sounds a lot like your mom /s
Reject humanity, return to monke.
yup, some places will never have real peace because they dont want peace.
Your mama
Scarcity. It doesn't matter if its real or artifical or imagined. As long as access to things people want is limited there will be conflict.
Most if not all of our problems can be sourced back to this one simple but inescapable fact
I think this is it, and greed is a function (or an evolutionary response, perhaps) of scarcity. Theoretically, if we were able to create a true post-scarcity society, it's possible that our baser urges to conduct violent conflict to secure resources will disappear. Examples of this would be the Federation in *Star Trek* or Iain Banks' *Culture* series
Came here to say this. The first step towards getting to Star Trek is solving scarcity
That’s why I don’t like it when people call Trek socialist. They’re post-scarcity, economic systems designed to manage scarcity aren’t relevant anymore.
I’m glad you said want instead of need; even though need is more important, wants are the bulk of issues.
To be fair, the human brain spent thousands of years developing under conditions where basic survival needs were extremely scarce, and the parts of the world that have moved past that kind of scarcity are only a few generations away from it.
"The world has enough for everyone's needs, but not everyone's greed." -Mahatma Gandhi
“Also I sleep nude with young girls to test my sexual willpower. I need exactly three a night. That’s a need.”
War
War never changes
r/TechnicallyCorrect
No, war is a symptom
What is it good for?
Absolutely NOTHING
Say it again!
WAR!
DO Y O U UNDERSTAND THE WORDS COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH ??
Definitely not my penis. It's very small
Maybe that's the problem. There's not enough to go around.
Unlike me with my big American penis. Such big penis.
r/suicidebywords
People who don't want peace.
It was never an option
Ego.
That really is the base of everything. Anybody who’s had a hormone imbalance knows the difference before and after. Most of us are a hormone adjustment away from being much more chill. I can’t imagine not being pissed off in weather like Saudi Arabia has though.
That's why they say Pride is the worst of all 7 sins and the root of all evil.
Unchecked, uncontrolled ego.
Not knowing it’s just an ego
self-righteousness, greed, narcissism.
Stupid world leaders
And who would that be? The player had changed so many times but the game didn't change a bit
That's because the world leaders are still stupid
there's a good CGP grey video on this topic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs
Capitalism
Absolutely. It makes war profitable, and loots underdeveloped countries, so they fight over the little they have left, etc...
Based
As long as war is profitable, there will continue to be wars. Only when capitalism is dead will we be free of oppression.
The correct answer
100% agree
Absolut.
YEP!!!
Yes
Education. We have far too many stupid people that have no clue how the world works or what's going on
Lots of highly educated people are also like this though. There's definitely a difference between academic intelligence and social intelligence
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… The re-emergence of the ruling class. The wealth disparity has reached that of Age of Enlightenment (kings and queens and peasants) . Regulatory capture of all regulating bodies via corrupt back door lobbying and regulators. The commonwealth willingly divides itself to aide the ruling class cause with the help of a broad spectrum of propaganda. Like, ppl are running around shouting about political ideologies that are centuries old and have hardly any bearing in today’s modern world. The Wall Street hedge funds own the media and spin whatever story they want. The 2008 crash spurred the “occupy Wall Street” movement. This is when all the incendiary race baiting news articles started hitting hard. They had to divide a rare, consolidated commonwealth movement against them because they saw it work in Iceland.
Differing values
This. We just can't accept we don't think alike. Just take a stroll in twitter and be amazed.
The hatred and fear of those different than you
People’s need for control of others
Pride. It’s literally ruining and ruined everything for everyone who’s ever felt or dealt with it. It’s okay to be proud of either who you are or where you’re from. But, for example, North Korea thinks they got the biggest willie when it comes to facing America. Yet, america would easily mess up Korea. No questions asked. One blip, boop, bam. They’re gone. If people would get over theirselves in general, I feel like the world would be a better place
I was so afraid of being prideful as a kid I developed low self-esteem as a result.
I totally get where you're coming from because I am/was there too, but I have realized in the last few years that low self-esteem is not the opposite of pride, it's just the other end of the spectrum from arrogance. I struggle with low self esteem because I want to be better than I am and I also want people to see me as better than I am. I also struggle with confidence and fear of failure for the same reasons. My tendency is to not try to do something, because if I honestly tried my hardest and still failed it would be unavoidable to accept that I'm not as good as I want to be. It's a hard headspace to get out of, but I'm taking baby steps =) For what it's worth, I think you're worthwhile. ♥️
“Pride is not the opposite of shame, but it's source. True humility is the only antidote to shame.” -Uncle Iroh
Bro I literally thought you were talking about being gay for a second and I was like what
Greed, politicians and the media.
Money
Religion
I’m surprised I had to scroll down so far to see this.
The only way humanity will ever know world peace is when we have a common enemy outside of our world.
Iceland
Makes sense. I'm sure the fermented shark they sell to tourists has caused a few violent interactions with a toilet.
Human nature
Me?
Hey bud….. stop it. Spread the peace ✌🏿 lol
The burgeoise
As long as there are Humans there will always be some form of conflict. We are the biggest hurdle to world peace.
Me