# How can we stop war and conflict?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-stop-war-and-conflict/743379>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 17, 2016, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-stop-war-and-conflict/743379 "2016-01-17T02:31:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-stop-war-and-conflict/743379/61 "2016-02-09T04:11:47Z")

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> [@msmith537](#):
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> Generally there seems to be a correlation between education and increased wealth and reduced war and conflict. But then you have to worry about all the broke dumbasses combing to steal your stuff.

Other way around. Rich countries loot and pillage the weak and the poor.

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**Author:** ![sweat209](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-stop-war-and-conflict/743379/62 "2016-02-12T21:59:22Z")

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> [@marshmallow](#):
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> Other way around. Rich countries loot and pillage the weak and the poor.

Well there is small chance that next war China or Russia could get US in big war.

Look at China and Russia today trying to make land grabs and tensions in water dispute and such with the US Navy.

This also very scary and would be worse than Iraq and Afghanistan. A war with Iraq and Afghanistan would be very easy for the US. A war with China and Russia there is good chance the US may lose the war.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-stop-war-and-conflict/743379/63 "2016-02-15T01:59:22Z")

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> [@TriPolar](#):
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> Get everybody really, really stoned. Or dead.

Antipsychotics for everybody!

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**Author:** ![Latro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@Latro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latro)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2016, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-stop-war-and-conflict/743379/64 "2016-02-15T02:59:39Z")

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> [@marshmallow](#):
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> Other way around. Rich countries loot and pillage the weak and the poor.

Somehow you snuck ‘weak’ in there.  
There’s enough examples in history of poor nations plundering or conquering wealthy ones.

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