RE: Why do some people choose war over diplomacy?
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Having some experience in living in a country that was in civil war, the thing that I realized is that wars aren't the same as they were in the past... Perhaps in the past, it was about power and showing off by rulers, but today, 99% of wars are driven by money and profit. If there is a conflict, 99% is because of money... Leaders don't care about the people, they care about their personal benefit, and wars are usually the most profitable tools to get rich... Especially as they blame religion, nationalities, etc, as main reasons for wars, keeping their hands "clean"...
On the other side, we (people) are responsible for being manipulated so easily... 😞
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I think people can choose to snap out of it, if if they choose to. In Nigeria many people are happy to be used as tools to fuel intertribal war, while politicians wins big. This is my big argument that no single individual is a beneficiary of war. Just like you've said, wars in the past are not as now, and it's sad that people allowed themselves to used as this..
unfortunately many people wants to inherit wars and become tools in the hands of politicians and there's no single benefit to the regular person on the stress.
I also come from a country that has experienced war, and funny enough many areas in Nigeria are still unhabitable because of war .
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I don't know... It's hard to believe that some people like wars... Except for assassins and paid killers... Most of the people have no idea what's happening, nor before, nor during, nor after the war... as they have been manipulated all the time...
What is devastating and sad to see is that the same tricks are used over and over again to start new wars... Are we really that stupid? 😞
I think we're not as wise as we think, or I like to think politicians knows what ticks the boxes of the people under them. They use these tactics to their advantage. I can tell you for a fact that it happens in many third world countries, like in Nigeria. Politicians knows how to run the game, they know how to manipulate people into voting them, and they use this same playbook all the time since 1960.