this is exactly the value that caused so much war and death all over the world, for decades and thousands of years. still, even in 2025, it's being followed. are we doomed, chat?
Eg. birds abandoning rather than defending a perch when another approaches.
We're typically not happy to do that, though you can see it happening in some parts of the world right now.
Some kind of enlightened state where violent competition for resources (incl. status & power) no longer makes sense is imaginable, but seems a long way off.
The idea though is that if everyone suddenly disarmed overnight it would be so highly advantageous to a deviant aggressor that one would assuredly emerge.
yes.
i would also recommend The Prince as light reading to better understand how the world works.
"If you are not capable of violence, you are not peaceful. You are harmless"
Unless you can stand on equal field - either by alliance, or by your own power - you aren't a negotiating partner, and i say that as European.