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To: Lane3 who wrote (6323)	2/21/2001 7:32:51 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) of 82486

The correlation in this country is pretty obvious to any who are willing to look, especially when normalized for other factors. The violence of Haiti, Central Africa and the Middle East have more to do with education, poverty and over population (these are all related to the unequal distribution of resources: material, social and political). I would argue that most religious and other wars even have their roots in these evils if analyzed in the correct context. When people don't have enough stake in the here and now, they tend to put more stake in the hereafter, hence the religiosity of many impoverished Third World nations. When unsatisfied materialistic needs exist, people go to war or sublimate these needs into religious zealotry. War and crime are not activities that well-fed and content people participate in. I would further argue that it is difficult to find a well-educated, materialistic society with stable social structures where such antisocial behaviors and desires can find roots except as an aberration. They can, however, frequently come from external agents, which is why I believe it is in our interest to eliminate world poverty via population control.

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