We tend to think of separate wars: Israel versus Hamas, Russia versus Ukraine, China versus whomever in the future or Iran versus whomever in the future and so forth. 1/7
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But that’s not the clearest perspective for the 21st-century. The bigger picture is war itself versus the survival of our species. 2/7
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JFK said we will get rid of war or war will get rid of us. 3/7
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Think of all the money spent by the United States, China, Russia, Iran, the nations of Europe, Saudi Arabia and so forth…trillions of trillions…then think what the world would look like if all that money went to furthering the cause of humanity. 4/7
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Some people think it’s fantasy and naiveté to think we could even consider the possibility of a world without war. 5/7

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I think what’s naïve is to think humanity will even survive for another hundred years if we don’t at least try. 6/7
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We should imagine a world without war within 100 years, and reverse engineer from there. Our biggest task of the 21st century is to learn to wage peace. marianne2024.com/issues/us-d… 7/7

US Department of Peace

Ending violence in the United States and the planet requires more than suppressing violence. Lasting peace requires active and systematized cultivation.

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Replying to @marwilliamson @TeamMarianneHQ
Some people think of war as a football game, this is their entertainment, so they never want wars to end, this is the mindset of many politicians in Washington
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Jimmy Carter. You want to follow in his footsteps. They will eat you alive. Putin, Xi, Kim Jung Un, and all the other tyrants, they all see this kind of talk as weak. We are entering into a period with NO global order Conflicts are likely spring up everywhere.
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If we aren't working towards a future without the violence of war, then there's no point to progress. A world in which violence is permissible for such frivolity isn't true progress.
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War is very very very Lucrative ! Examine those incentives, review the pressure campaigns on Members of Congress. Recognize the influence !