Beware of warmongers and the military-industrial complex. A full-on regional war will lead to immeasurable suffering for everyone. It must be avoided at all costs.
Peace is the end aim - agreed. But the means of achieving peace are usually not pacifism. Otherwise we'd have had world peace by now. The reason is - to get peace the 2 sides need to want it. To get war - only 1 side suffices to want it. Then the other side has no choice - it's a matter of survival for them. Most unfortunate. Still en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_ag… is the best guide we have. All should stick to it, and esp the most powerful countries, incl US. Earth is already parceled with borders for better or worse. Let's use them for easy conflict resolution == "the side that crosses into others' side territory is in the wrong".
@lexfridman thats a strange one: avoid war at all cost. Computer says: bad command.
@lexfridman “… avoided at all costs” is not to be taken literally, of course… for that reason I’m not a fan of this expression
...and you don't think Russia's wars i Ukraine, Syria, Chechnya, Pakistan , and Afghanistan etc...have led to immeasurable suffering? Or how about Iran's devastation in Iraq and upon its own people. Please don't lecture Israel and the US as war mongers. Ukrainians are entitled their freedom
@lexfridman Beware of peacemongers at all costs, as that signals weakness to the aggressors and spurs them to start the war
@lexfridman i think we'd all feel more comfortable if Joe Biden went back on his vacation and stayed away from the oval office.