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> My point is that we should all be fighting against war.

By what, asking nicely?



Yes. Be very persuasive. But restrict yourself to persuasion.

The way is for the antiwar people to be more successful than warriors and turn war into the losers' choice.

I refuse to arm myself, refuse to serve in militaries and refuse to support war as much as i am able. If antiwar people are successful, war will evolve out.


Persuasion has already been tried and failed. If someone comes to kill you will you fight, or just lay down and die? In the real world sometimes those are the only two options. To believe otherwise is simply utopian naivety.


Do you think Ukraine can persuade Putin to call off the invasion? If they didn’t defend themselves, they’d be a Russian province or puppet state today.

That’s always the unfortunate downside of relying on only persuasion. Some people will just take what they want if you don’t force them to stop.

Just read about how well persuasion (aka “appeasement”) worked in the buildup to WW2. Spoiler: it didn’t.




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