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"If everybody just" is a description of a problem, not a solution. The problem is that everybody will not "just," no matter what could happen if they did.





An alcoholic must stop drinking, or they will die from it.

The solution is to stop drinking.

How to succeed in making that solution happen is a separate problem, but the first step in solving any and every problem is identifying its root causes.

For our world, not understanding that compassion must be the fundamental factor under consideration is the primary problem. Once that essential fact is understood, we can then haggle out the solution, but not before then.

With love, all things are possible, if we so choose.


Hm, I sense a very positive attitude, so I'm eager to hear more.

I do have some doubts though -- concepts such as compassion and love have been around since, and even before, Christ and Buddha. I don't necessarily see these concepts as being a robust solution though. Bad things keep popping up again and again, and not everyone is equally well off.




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