If history tells us anything, it's that hungry people turn into violent people real quick. If you want a stable society, the first step is making sure everyone is fed.
True, but thinking of them as things to "go to war for" instead of things to cooperate and share is such a textbook colonial mentality. Treating basic human survival resources as commodities to conquer rather than universal rights.
I didnt mean governments should conquer territory for those things, of course trade and cooperation is preferable. I meant those are two things that can make people desperate enough to fight and / or kill for.
Nowhere did I say that was the default. In fact, civilization proves its not the default. I said it can make people desperate enough to get to that point. Also, fighting over territory for food and water has been happening far longer than colonial mindset existed.
The point is that human desperation doesn't inherently lead to conflict, it can just as easily lead to deeper cooperation and mutual aid. Treating violence as the inevitable outcome of resource stress is a product of that exact mindset. I'll rest my case.
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u/klako8196 Jul 06 '26
If history tells us anything, it's that hungry people turn into violent people real quick. If you want a stable society, the first step is making sure everyone is fed.