Can conflict be avoided in human societies ?

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[...] Violent conflicts are often engendered by those whp lack proper instruction; this is normal, we need a mass of words to express our feelings, if we cannot, we have to find another solution. This theory can maybe partly explain the violence which is a common sight in the poorest suburbs where education is sometimes neglected because of the occupants' hard life. Human ignorance also provokes the fear of what is unknown and particularly the fear of what is foreign. Thus, ignorance creates xenophobia, xenophobia creates conflicts between human societies. [...]

[...] Men want to live in society to find help, not to be totally bound by law. Indeed, the possibility to clash with others or with the State proves that this society allows and accepts the freedom of speech; people are not frightened. People are not the tools of the State because they change it. Finally, the conflict guarantees a democratic state. An opposition can exist without fear of being exterminated. Nowadays, the fact that power, generally, accepts the expression of the opposition makes the conflict less violent. [...]

[...] Can conflicts be avoided in human societies? Introduction In each society, people have to face struggles and fights as soon as the day begins. They have to scramble just in order to reach and to creep into a subway. Others must cover a long walk just to bring back some water. Everyone has a daily struggle against the time, or against the crowd, or against oneself when, for instance, the alarm clock is ringing for the third time. The struggle can be against another person or a group of human beings or just oneself : those conflicts have different forms and diverse aims but each one is an ordeal. [...]

[...] Indeed, the conflict is also internal, our bad side is constantly fighting with our good side. This is illustrated right from our childhood, because the cartoons which we watch as children often feature a little angel above the right shoulder (it is the “clear conscience”) and a little devil above the left shoulder (the “guilty conscience”). To sum up, these drives are our passions, which are uncontrollable, irrational and selfish. We are victim of our uncontrollable sides Work, activity which makes him human, is also a topic of conflict Numerous conflicts seem to be created by groups against other groups within a human society. [...]

[...] At first, people were guided by the religious theory of good. In fact, if during their lives people were nasty, they believed that they were likely to go to Hell. A sort of obligation pushed people to be good people. That was not Big Brother but “God is watching you”. People were terrified, they really feared Hell. Today, we can say that this predilection has a very big effect on the mob. Moreover, the Church does not hold a dominant position in public life as it once did. [...]