“Your viewpoint is depressingly callous. Are you saying that there’s nothing we can do to improve ourselves?” “Of course there is. There’s lots you can do.” “Such as…?” “Try to be pleasant to one another, get plenty of fresh air, read a good book now and then, depose your government when it suspends the free press, try to use the mechanism of the state to adjudicate fairly, and employ diplomatic means wherever possible to avoid armed conflict.” “But there will still be wars!” “Of course. There will always be wars. It has been in your nature
