Is Human Conflict Universal?
Yes... the 'reptilian part' of the human brain will never allow a lasting peace - using the (inaccurate) term as a metaphor for the parts of our brain responsible for immediate, automatic instincts that often override more complex thinking, agressivity being one of them.
In holistic thinking, isn't a human a microcosm in the macrocosm - on more than one level (physical, social, metaphysical)? If a part in 'us' as an individual person isn't in harmony with the whole 'us', it creates a conflict...if a part of a group isn't in harmony with the whole group (how big ever the 'whole' is), there will be conflict.
And there will always be 'leaders' who use that for satisfying own wishes... in the smallest groups of people to the largest ones of regions/countries/nations.
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