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cilla4progress

(24,812 posts) Sat Apr 13, 2024, 09:28 PM Apr 13

Why can't the people of the world [View all]

simply live in peace?

We all want the same things.

While vicious, vile men hellbent on destruction..are they bored or WTF?

God I hate this so much.

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Why can't the people of the world [View all] cilla4progress Apr 13 OP

because we DON'T all want the same things. elleng Apr 13 #1

This TheProle Apr 13 #3

Bingo! OldBaldy1701E Apr 13 #4

I respectfully disagree with your second and third sentences. love_katz Apr 13 #12

Couldn't have said it better NJCher Apr 14 #18

Yes we desperately need to evolve. OldBaldy1701E Apr 14 #35

I agree! Silver Gaia Apr 14 #30

Then, I salute you. OldBaldy1701E Apr 14 #34

No, humanity has not behaved differently to me and mine. love_katz Apr 14 #36

More and more people, with fewer multigraincracker Apr 13 #14

Wasted resources enid602 Apr 14 #29

We do. cilla4progress Apr 14 #24

it all just makes me sick Skittles Apr 13 #2

Too many want it to be about themselves. LiberalFighter Apr 13 #5

A metaphysical quandary, I think. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 13 #6

No, they are just backwards leaches NJCher Apr 14 #19

I don't bdamomma Apr 13 #7

Not much difference. haele Apr 13 #11

I disagree. cilla4progress Apr 14 #25

Women leaders are not, by and large, matriarchs. brooklynite Apr 14 #33

We have a lot of women in our government who are hawkish as all hell. Autumn Apr 13 #13

We don't get to live in the world we'd want: we only get to help create the world we'd want struggle4progress Apr 13 #8

Many people want peace. The greedy and corrupt want power and money. Irish_Dem Apr 13 #9

Complete cilla4progress Apr 14 #26

RIP Rodney King. Sneederbunk Apr 13 #10

Right there with you orangecrush Apr 13 #15

Too many humans that are busy destroying our only habitat. PufPuf23 Apr 13 #16

Genghis Khan killed millions Kaleva Apr 14 #21

20 years ago it was evident to me that when the climate shit hit the fan cilla4progress Apr 14 #27

Almost feels like you channeled my mind. But I'm sure there are many like-minded this evening. KPN Apr 13 #17

We are humans and not automatons Kaleva Apr 14 #20

The reason this place sucks NJCher Apr 14 #22

We definitely don't all want the same thing. qwlauren35 Apr 14 #23

On the whole, I believe most people just want to live lives cilla4progress Apr 14 #28

Mother Theresa did NOT try to save people NanaCat Apr 14 #31

Because unlike other animals humans don't depend on instinct, it's really always something with them. betsuni Apr 14 #32