Peace can't be enforced, only order. The police already know this. Their job is to enforce the law. They are not social workers, even though they occasionally practice social work.
Peace comes from the relationships we have with others. This is why not talking to people we don't like about concerns we have in common with them is so stupid.
Teaching psychology to adolescents might be a good start, though as fluid as our understanding of psychology is, I wonder if it would be useful to teach the discipline as a 101 course without any followup.
I find that practical things, like conflict resolution strategies, anger management strategies, and stress reduction techniques, tools to use to fix a specific problem, are more applicable to the high school and college experience. If someone is interested in why the techniques work, that student can pursue psychology.
Almost everyone can learn to use word processing programs. Not everyone cares about or understands the code in the programs themselves. It's the same kind of thing.
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We have to secure the peace ourselves.
The whole thread (38 posts)
- Culture of Passivity
- It's more than that.
- PANTLOAD
- I think society is fear based...
- My lord, what could be the down side of blocking the door
- Interesting theory
- We train our people to follow orders: to be good students, good soldiers, good consumers,good employees