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Thread #123640 Message #2726294
Posted By: CarolC
18-Sep-09 - 05:27 PM
Thread Name: BS: Resolving the Clash of Civilizations
Subject: RE: BS: Resolving the Clash of Civilizations
I disagree with the formulation used above. I would frame it differently.
A. Most of the major conflicts between peoples are caused by governments.
B. The internet is causing a shift in consciousness among people all over the world, and a major change in how people form bonds, causing people to lose their tribal impulses (this is by no meansn complete, but it is very significant and growing).
C. When the shift in consciousness and group dynamics reaches critical mass, the governments will not be able to ignore it any longer and the changes will manifest on the government level.
My formulation is not issue specific, so it doesn't matter whether or not untruths are transmitted over the internet. What matters is that people are changing how they perceive and relate to people in other parts of the world and in cultures other than their own. So whether or not they understand "right action", they are becoming much less susceptible to being brainwashed into hating people their governments want them to hate. I don't predict that this will necessarily happen in the next few years (although it could), but I am suggesting that it has already started, and this is how things will be changed for the better, when they do.