If the question is why I am being oblique in my references to other posters, it's because I'm not allowed to directly refer to other posters, or to address them directly. If anyone has a problem with that, they need to take it up with Mudcat management.

I am saying "mischaracterize" because I made my comment about most major conflicts, and my comment has been characterized as being about most governments. See the difference there?

Certainly religion, greed, and racism are powerful motivators for conflict, but it's governments that use those motivators to manipulate people into fighting wars in service of their agendas. When people become immune to such manipulation, it will become much more difficult, if not impossible, for governments to use them in that way.

Remember, I did say "most major conflicts" and not "all conflicts of any kind".