We may observe how throughout history, society has tried to “treat” social problems by legislative action, warfare, market manipulation, laws, and prohibitions—all manifestations of force—only to see these problems persist or recur despite the treatment. Although governments (or individuals) proceeding from positions of force are myopic, to the sensitive observer it eventually becomes obvious that conditions of social conflict will not disappear until the underlying etiology has been exposed and “healed.”
Here ‘treatments’ vs ‘healing’ are similar to the fragile and delicate distinction between manipulation and influence discussed in the Influencers, by Vital Smarts.
