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[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago (2 children)

A beautiful sentiment, but sometimes it's about forcing people to sit and talk who wouldn't otherwise do so. It's rare, but the US civil war was an unfortunate necessity.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Everybody just needs to sit in a room and do Molly together. No war. Just massage.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago
For real, though,
    MDMA is shockingly good at conflict resolution, lol.
[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I agree, there was a lot that could have been done to avoid it but humans (as a group) are stupid.

There's just some lines that should not be crossed, genocide, slavery, etc. and when that happens it comes down to who has the bigger stick and can stomach the suffering.

I am not an expert by any means, what I am sure of is that there were opportunities for dialog but humans did what humans do best. They 'othered' the fuck out of each side and made sure that this was the only possible outcome.

Which is no problem for them! Since they're going to be rewarded in the afterlife! So who cares that they just shit in the proverbial sandbox!? /s