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SUE Speaks's avatar

I enjoyed it a lot. A very intelligent commentary that's charmingly written. You'd be interested in "The Parable of the Tribes," a book from a few decades ago that got some big prize for countering the notion that it always takes two to tango in a new agey idea of mutual responsibility: "Imagine a group of tribes living within reach of one another. If all choose the way of peace, then all may live in peace. But what if all but one choose peace? From this basic premise, Andrew Bard Schmookler has built a towering work of intellectual and spiritual insight, a book that will shatter many preconceived notions about how civilization has developed and why human history has been so filled with torment."

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L. Vago's avatar

I find this argument very compelling but still hold faith that, as said below, what’s keeping that guys around is lack of imagination. I’m tempted to understand what causes and motivates that guys, and imagine a utopian future where they no longer crop up. But maybe another day, I got errands to do today.

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