Peacebuilding skills require as much sophistication and expertise as do military skills, and in many of the places practiced require just as much courage.
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4 peacebuilding factors that increase the incidence of peace & decrease the incidence of violence are: expanded economic opportunities for women, expanded educational opportunities for children, reduction of violence against women, & the amelioration of unnecessary human despair.
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We should see large groups of desperate people as a national security risk. Desperate people do desperate things, and are more vulnerable to ideological capture by genuinely psychotic forces. Anything that helps people thrive increases the probability of peace on earth.

Nov 27, 2019 · 7:16 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
I don't think that's a good way of phrasing it, there are MANY reasons for people to be desperate, poverty, dire living conditions, phrasing them as a threat could blend with seeing them as the enemy, as is now happening by corporate controlled governance..
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