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One possible answer, perhaps the greatest possible answer, to this downward spiral, would be a turning toward the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. The fact that the Golden Rule has been around for several thousand years, and appears in all the great religions, does not mean that we have fully understood it or mastered the art of living by it. If we don't want people to try to coerce us, we can begin by lowering our reliance on coercion in all our relationships, both personal and international. If we want people to listen to our concerns, we can begin by listening to their concerns. If we don't want people to point guns at us, we can stop pointing guns at them. If all behavior is instruction, we can take the initiative and model the positive behavior we want to evoke. This won't be easy, but our current slide toward perpetual war is far from easy. Gandhi must have been thinking about the Golden Rule when he said "be the change you want to see."
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