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To be fair, there are numerous non-violent societies in many parts of the world, its just that they tend to live in very isolated places and only made contact w
by DiscourseFan 3y ago
To be fair, there are numerous non-violent societies in many parts of the world, its just that they tend to live in very isolated places and only made contact with outside powers well after the era of colonialism. We could take them as a model, but they often have very strange ontologies that don't mix with our own, and really only make sense in terms of their society (and, on account of them, they also never develop things like productive technology and reliably effective medical treatments).
- gerdesj 3y agoNon violent societies will tend to come second on contact with violent societies (by definition) and die out. They can apply to join NATO/OTAN. My comment here is just as daft as yours!
- DiscourseFan 3y agoI think that all the anthropologists who have gone around to remote tribes all over the world, and found a variety of social practices both incredibly violent and remarkably peaceful, would disagree
- jvanderbot 3y agoI don't think there's such a thing as violent / non at a societal level. There are nations at war, and nations at peace, and the ones at war use violence and the ones at peace do not.
- type0 3y ago> such a thing as violent / non at a societal level I do think it is, once it becomes a part of the culture it is very hard to get rig of. Just read about Maori culture how it escalated with arrival of Europeans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musket_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musket_Wars and there are countless other examples
- bewaretheirs 3y agoAs a NATO member, they'll have to promise to spend 2% of their GDP on defense -- though once they make the promise they will probably be able to get away with spending less!