What caused this peace? The last major conflict on a world scale was 75 years ago. Can you trust his silence? I’m not sure. I used the ‘his’ intentionally as men take responsibility for disproportionately more blood-sheds in written history.
Opportunities to pursue individual economic development instead of working for a kingdom could be a deterrent. If it is economics, it must be democracy or capitalism that worked the trick. Maybe the combination of the two.
Or is it the fear of total annihilation? The fact that a fraction of the usable weapons that countries hold today is good enough to destroy the planet can only comfort a sociopath.
Maybe it’s the training – the values created by the moral and cultural upbringing, through the language of cooperation, and not conflict. Then, this act of good work must continue because the collective memory of what we can inflict may vanish faster than you think!
Do you trust this extraordinary peace? Yes, I do. I say this to appease the men, support the training, and guard against complacency. We worked hard for this peace; we must continue it.
