It’s wrong to recognize “Peace” as simply “Status without War”. “War” is a highly sophisticated and magnificent “System” for the last resort to solve international disputes, as to say outgrowth of “civilization” which is the concept antithetical to “barbarism”. It means that we should recognize “Peace” as a “System” to be established and sustained only by enormous efforts equal to “War”, and also means the establishment of “Peace” requires much more cost and energy than “War”.
Naoki Komuro, Political Scientist, Jurist, Economist and Sociologist
「平和」を単純に「戦争が無い状態」と捉えるのは誤りである。「戦争」とは、国際紛争解決の最終手段として高度に洗練された壮大な「制度」、即ち「文明」の産物であり、「文明」の反義語たる「野蛮」とも相反する概念である。「平和」とは、「戦争」同様、巨大な努力によってのみ確立、維持される「制度」として認識されるべきであり、その構築には、戦争を遥かに超えるコストとエネルギーを要する。
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Democracy does work ?
Democracy is not an equipment to select correct answer, but to dilute responsibility for the result of the decision among voters. If it’s yes, every private companies would decide their important issues under majority rule, however we can’t find such companies likely because they all have already gone bankrupt.