[extropy-chat] can't war protesters do better?

[Neil H.]

On 8/7/05, Keith Henson <hkhenson at rogers.com> wrote:
> Last few years I have developed a *really twisted* way of looking at wars
> and related behavior such as terrorism.
> ...
> So the psychological mechanisms that turn on war mode in humans will stay
> on till the conditions that turned on war mode are perceived as having changed.
> ...
> So, what would shut off the war in Iraq?  Besides an outright orgy of
> killing, a major epidemic would do the job as would a major
> famine.  Eventually things will be in such bad shape for so long that
> people get used to the horrible conditions as the norm.  Then a small up
> tick can have positive feedback because an improving economy from a low
> base will tend to shut off war mode.
> ... 
> PS.  If anyone can pick holes in the model, please brighten my day and do so.

Sub-Saharan Africa?

I mean, despite having a sizable portion of their population knocked
out by famine, genocid, AIDS, etc, many regions are still very much in
"war mode."