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confli[f82,jmc]		There is too much conflict in the world

	There is too much conflict in the world, and much of it
could be reduced if people could abandon some unrealistic
expectations and could also take into account some facts about
our human nature that are consequences of our evolution as a
species.

Here are some of the facts and their consequences.

1. Everyone is born into a world in whose design he had no say.
He feels expected to adhere to a "social contract" he had no
part in designing.  His resentment at this should be reduced
by the realization that his parents, his teachers, his employers,
and the government leaders themselves were also born and
assumed their positions in a world they never made.  They also
feel themselves as having little say in how they play their
roles.

In view of this, indignation is out of place.  It is more appropriate
to look for opportunities to make desirable changes.

In looking for such changes, modesty is appropriate.  One
should not jump to the conclusion that finding desirable
changes is trivial.

One should also beware of causes.  Every cause, however benign
and personally modest its purpose, is also a claim on power.

Take, for example, the problem of unemployment.  It seems
irrational that people should be unemployed when there are
goods that other people want.  Yet no country has succeeded
in eliminating unemployment without introducing unpleaasant
dictatorship and usually only disguising the unemployment.
Perhaps there are some genuine difficulties.