The entire history of the human race as far as we know of it, is a continual battle between our animal selves and the growing intellectual might of our brains. There was never an advantage in going to war but our animal selves wanted land, conquest, wealth; all of which add to personal power. Personal power is all about being chief, being in command, a deeply animal behaviour in some animals. Creating money is a way of sublimating individual antagonisms into a workable society. It is obvious we could never build nations without it.
But some animals get on by continuous bonding and respect for each other. It is a tragedy that on this planet we went the way we did because this cannot be allowed to continue. The universe is evolving and we are just a mistaken part of it given to hatreds at the drop of a hat.
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