The Word to End All War

As emotional creatures we tend not to think of conflict etiologically. Quite the contrary, when it comes to bellicosity or temperamental belligerence the offender is almost always stuck in context; when trapped within the frame of confrontation we tend to have trouble seeing the big picture, as evidenced by the scarcity of effectively expunged contentions. Here, I present an alternative to this merry-go-round of spite.

Strength, by its very nature, is relative. One can only be strong at the expense of another’s weakness. To be powerful is to be more powerful than a foe, with no baseline objectivity whatsoever. It is from this precarious inevitability that conflict arises.

To assert strength is to ensure survival. Yet, the preponderance of quarrels in today’s world, great or small, yield no consequence to our wellbeing. All but some are merely egotism, an ancient drive belied by nuanced curves in our expectation of supremacy… all but wasteful incontinence, to put it mildly.

The premise: if we can satiate the ego of the two that tango, we will effectively render the mating dance superfluous.

Essentially, all conflict is entrenched in psychological warfare, or rather, psychodynamic warfare: one ego contesting the next and the next… until a reigning champion is crowned or everybody perishes, and we know which comes first.

Alas, it is our prerogative, nay, our duty to sacrifice ego in the face of adversity. The days of “stand up and fight” are gone, existing only within those who seek to drag war into perpetuity. Lay down your arms in the face of conflict, cede your ego and know that war will no longer exist.

Surrender.

Should you be the arbitrator of conflict, ensure that both sides feel whole and from your aerie watch the conflict dispel into the nothingness from whence it came.

That this is the simplest idea you have ever heard invigorates my waning faith in humanity.

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