Can men live without war? (1956)

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Post by lermontov » Wed, Jun 19, 2024, 7:35 PM UTC

Can men live without war? (1956)
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Re: Can men live without war? (1956)

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Post by hnthrowaway0328 » Thu, Jun 20, 2024, 12:10 AM UTC

No we cannot. A small percentage of humans are wired with a strong territorial mind and/or a greedy personality. It's in the gene. Some of them eventually become leaders.

Re: Can men live without war? (1956)

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Post by nyc_data_geek » Sat, Jun 22, 2024, 8:41 PM UTC

hnthrowaway0328 wrote: post #2

No we cannot. A small percentage of humans are wired with a strong territorial mind and/or a greedy personality. It's in the gene. Some of them eventually become leaders.

A small percentage of humans can catch some hands and get stuffed into lockers by the rest of us who would prefer not to be led by them.

Re: Can men live without war? (1956)

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Post by Dr_Birdbrain » Sat, Jun 22, 2024, 8:42 PM UTC

nyc_data_geek wrote: post #3

hnthrowaway0328 wrote: post #2

No we cannot. A small percentage of humans are wired with a strong territorial mind and/or a greedy personality. It's in the gene. Some of them eventually become leaders.

A small percentage of humans can catch some hands and get stuffed into lockers by the rest of us who would prefer not to be led by them.

Problem is, people vote for them :(

Re: Can men live without war? (1956)

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Post by Detrytus » Sat, Jun 22, 2024, 8:43 PM UTC

hnthrowaway0328 wrote: post #2

No we cannot. A small percentage of humans are wired with a strong territorial mind and/or a greedy personality. It's in the gene. Some of them eventually become leaders.

A small percentage? I would say most of humans, especially males, are territorial.

Re: Can men live without war? (1956)

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Post by freeone3000 » Sat, Jun 22, 2024, 8:45 PM UTC

nyc_data_geek wrote: post #3

hnthrowaway0328 wrote: post #2

No we cannot. A small percentage of humans are wired with a strong territorial mind and/or a greedy personality. It's in the gene. Some of them eventually become leaders.

A small percentage of humans can catch some hands and get stuffed into lockers by the rest of us who would prefer not to be led by them.

Ah, some sort of large-scale conflict to finally convince them that war is bad.

Re: Can men live without war? (1956)

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Post by phero_cnstrcts » Sat, Jun 22, 2024, 8:48 PM UTC

Dr_Birdbrain wrote: post #4

nyc_data_geek wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A small percentage of humans can catch some hands and get stuffed into lockers by the rest of us who would prefer not to be led by them.

Problem is, people vote for them :(

It’s not like any of the choices are great. Or even mediocre.

Re: Can men live without war? (1956)

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Post by dymk » Sat, Jun 22, 2024, 8:50 PM UTC

Detrytus wrote: post #5

hnthrowaway0328 wrote: post #2

No we cannot. A small percentage of humans are wired with a strong territorial mind and/or a greedy personality. It's in the gene. Some of them eventually become leaders.

A small percentage? I would say most of humans, especially males, are territorial.

education / culture issue

Re: Can men live without war? (1956)

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Post by slillibri » Sat, Jun 22, 2024, 8:54 PM UTC

freeone3000 wrote: post #6

nyc_data_geek wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A small percentage of humans can catch some hands and get stuffed into lockers by the rest of us who would prefer not to be led by them.

Ah, some sort of large-scale conflict to finally convince them that war is bad.

To end all wars, one might say.

Re: Can men live without war? (1956)

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Post by rossant » Sat, Jun 22, 2024, 8:57 PM UTC

Detrytus wrote: post #5

hnthrowaway0328 wrote: post #2

No we cannot. A small percentage of humans are wired with a strong territorial mind and/or a greedy personality. It's in the gene. Some of them eventually become leaders.

A small percentage? I would say most of humans, especially males, are territorial.

This is in our brains. We've evolved over millions of years to become like this.