Kind of challenging to ascertain the PRECISE units of blame to assign to which peoples for their wrongs & atrocities perpetrated against which other peoples. The vortex of human "collective-reality-template" is very strong, and the fact of existence of constant warfare demonstrates that, that vortex is largely destructive in nature. Now, we can stand around arguing who it is that should be blamed the most, or we can simply decide to reverse that down-pulling vortex into an ever-ascending constructive-spiral up-the-bridge of transhumanist eternal-PROGRESSION. There are some individuals & small groups trying to reverse that strong destructive vortex, but it would have been so much easier if there were 300,000 Spartans @ Thermopylae instead of only 300. The point is SYNERGY (individuals can accomplish more working together than the sum of theirs achievements when working separately). So I say, find yourself 1 to 3 groups working for world-peace, and JOIN your efforts with theirs (SYNERGY)! Yes, I used that word "JOIN". So many people sound so silly when they insist upon being "spiritual-NON-joiners" meditating alone for world-peace or singing Kumbaya in small insignificant groups, thinking that by so doing they will somehow miraculously reverse the OVERWHELMING economic power of global MIC's (Military-Industrial-Complexes; yes, all wars are financed by someone as an economic investment with the purpose of making a profit, no matter what religious, ethnic or political cause it seems to be caused by). Can't reverse that alone. Got to JOIN together in large powerful groups working to create PIC's (Peace-Industrial-Complexes). The only way there will ever be peace on Earth is when PIC's outcompete MIC's in PROFITABILITY. Some of the groups I can recommend for joining are FreeMasons, SGI, ACFR, AAONMS, RIIA, CGMNA, www.theShiftNetwork.com, www.ThriveMovement.com, www.theVenusProject.com, www.agnt.org, http://icuu.net, http://www.sgi.org/community-initiatives/PEACE-and-disarmament.html, http://theStateOfIllusion.com.
Agreed, of course, that extreme collective is a guaranteed recipe for mob rule and total destruction (Communism, Nazism, Socialism, Fascism, Juche, etc). The extreme opposite is ALSO a guaranteed recipe for mob rule and total destruction (anarchy, Mad-Max, Mexico, much-of-Africa, etc). The fact is that 99.9%of proponents of total individualism are NOT able to do anything 100% by themselves (build their home AND build their car AND grow all their food AND make all their cloths AND educate their children AND take care of all their medical emergencies AND make their own guns AND protect their daughters from human-trafficking-slavery, etc, etc). So let's stop empty un-measurable philosophizing, and synergistically JOIN together in constructive groups which are ACTUALLY, MEASURABLY producing results which are TANGIBLY uplifting humanity towards higher levels of civilization, cooperation, acceptance, HAPPINESS for all. Otherwise, when they come for those who insist on going-it-ALONE, who will be there to stand-up for them?
Agreed, of course, that extreme collective is a guaranteed recipe for mob rule and total destruction (Communism, Nazism, Socialism, Fascism, Juche, etc). The extreme opposite is ALSO a guaranteed recipe for mob rule and total destruction (anarchy, Mad-Max, Mexico, much-of-Africa, etc). The fact is that 99.9%of proponents of total individualism are NOT able to do anything 100% by themselves (build their home AND build their car AND grow all their food AND make all their cloths AND educate their children AND take care of all their medical emergencies AND make their own guns AND protect their daughters from human-trafficking-slavery, etc, etc). So let's stop empty un-measurable philosophizing, and synergistically JOIN together in constructive groups which are ACTUALLY, MEASURABLY producing results which are TANGIBLY uplifting humanity towards higher levels of civilization, cooperation, acceptance, HAPPINESS for all. Otherwise, when they come for those who insist on going-it-ALONE, who will be there to stand-up for them?