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the largest obstacle to ending war is that it only takes one to wage. no matter how many billions are peaceful, it only takes one individual/faction/nation/race to start another.
a world without war would have to be one of COMPLETE ideological hegemony. it would, by necessity, be a world of uniform and lobotomized thought.
i know this sounds crazy... but the only scenario that could possibly precipitate a end to intra-human war would be interstellar travel or contact with alien life. only such a momentous discovery could galvanize humanity into a single unit unwilling to cannibilize itself. but, even under those incredible circumstances it's still an unlikely eventuality.
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
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