It’s an article of various faiths — both secular and religious — that misunderstanding is the cause of conflict.
This sort of insight is generally true for individuals, so it’s often considered equally true of nations. Hence vast amounts of anti-war activism and state-level diplomacy rest on the assumption that nations are like people and if we can just get adversaries to talk to each other, and thereby to understand each other’s perspective, the bloodshed will end or be avoided in the first place.
Understanding the limits of understanding is essential because if you believe talking is the only solution to conflict , your opponent will use talk solely to distract or delay. There’s still a lot of that on the left, but it’s now a much more bipartisan affair, with many on the right insisting that we are being “provocative” by aiding Ukraine.
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