Why do we make war? | Hector Garcia | TEDxSanAntonio
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- čas přidán 7. 01. 2020
- What are the causes of war? We have looked to economics, geography, culture, and politics for explanations. Still, after thousands of years, warfare remains as destructive and frightening-and its origins as perplexing-as ever. A good starting point is to ask if there is something common among those who engage in conflict. The answer is that wars are almost exclusively started and prosecuted by men. This is a crucial realization. Indeed, males of many species engage in violence for food, rank, territory, and access to mates. Hector Garcia’s talk will demonstrate that male humans, unconsciously perhaps, engage in war for the very same reasons. By acknowledging and understanding these reasons, we open the door for peace. Hector is a clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of combat-related post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
He has published extensively on the treatment of PTSD in combat veterans, masculine psychology in the aftermath of war, the evolutionary roots of political partisanship, and the interplay between religious practice and psychopathology. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
I search on CZcams “why humans create war?”
As a 17-year-old female student, I must stay this did give me some hope
Hope about what?
What hope?? Lmao
As a "clinical psychologist", I expected you to talk about the dynamics of fear and how they play into dominant hierarchy, including how women play thier part in it all. "The man is the head but the woman is the neck." 90 percent of the women want 5 percent of the men. Thank you.
This man is important to the human race.
yes im agree
Why don’t we make a war with nerf guns and nobody dies
Or make it a video game / simulation, where each country gets the people & tanks they have IRL. Make war into a fun activity that the entire globe gets to watch from any angle.
Or just don't make war at all?
@@Rofl890 That's weak, and will undoubtedly collapse our society. We are made for fighting.
@@DiogoGaming2 We will, that's the point of life. Technology made us no point in our lives... some we struggle and we even think about sui... no purpose at all.
To actually win maybe?
Actually, wars are not due to soldiers but the leader has the power to force soldiers to die for him. The military system empowers the mad man. The soldiers enable the madness by doing as told.
is the leader a man or a woman?
men choose to join or set up the armies, men choose to become soldiers, its not the obedient soldier and mad leader, its much more complicated than that, its the male psychology that encourage the whole thing..
@@samanfisherman1011 and I am sure this is merely your feeling that you cannot prove is the truth
@@1stPrinciples455 prove that many men willingly join army? i guess thats a simple fact!
@@samanfisherman1011 which sentence I said says what you claim I said?
To live with each other and see the best of humanity is the step of advancement for our species as humans.
simple, war makes money. any questions ?
No bro .. perfect 👍
Yup and every one of us have been waking war nonstop. That dude on the stage can enjoy himself because somewhere out there, people are getting kill or steal by his tribe.
ps. In different shape and form we are at war.
its all about the money3x bla bla bla
Spread the word he’s so right
@Ismael Barrera if you have a way to save the world I’m all ears?
Fascinating and insightful talk. If you're like me and could listen for another hour, consider reading Dr Garcia's book Alpha God. It's a deep dive ... opened my eyes in more ways that I can count.
This makes perfect sence.
It's the dawning of a new era.
There can never truly be a victor in war.
Women don’t realize how much power they have
Speaking of evolutionary reasons for war, another one is seeking belonging and meaning. When you think about it, a war is essentially an assigned group, an authority to look up to and an endless stream of tasks and things to do in one single package.
A parental instinct is another one, less common but very powerfull. I've heard for example that the majority of highly decorated american soldiers from WW2 were oldest children from fatherless families, who got used to beying responsible for their siblings and later felt responsible for their comrades in a similar way as well.
One of the best Ted talks ever. That conclusion is exactly what I've been saying in the last years.
The truth is war is profitable and people have gotten into power and now use soldiers like suicide bombers because that's the closest thing that they will ever come to fighting for these so-called leaders/killers.
what ur sayin
This is a huge stretch. So men go to war to extinguish competition and hoard women?
underrated
My only thought is: why is this only tedx and not TED?
How do I getting a written transcript?
Thank you so much🌎🌍🌏
Humans have the last word on fighting against each other and whats the best of mankind. Once humans understand that the advancement of our species will take place
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A light in the male-dominated society.
Only 28k views... such a shame.
The real reason for wars is fear, and I am not saying this only because the Jewish religion claims so, but even from a scientific understanding of the amount of resources in the world and the understanding that resources are distributed unequally in the world.We are not animals, we are human beings, different from any other animal that exists in the world.Understanding man is the basis for peace, understanding fear of the other is understanding the cause of wars.There is a need for the demilitarization of weapons in every country in the world and the creation of one army for all countries.and you right about womens.
Only 12.7k views? Shame
Women should be leaders of this world. No war . Equal rights, peace and stability
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
The problem is people give up therr rights to a system. One man cant make a decision for one nation. Thats the problem. We give up our fredom for a so call civil society. S
Scientists must not be afforded any kind of protections that aren't afforded to everyone. It's completely antithetical to the name of science to hold some topics as taboo or unassailable. This talk was riddled with fallacies. For example: How do you know that countries that don't invade other countries do so because of women in government? How do you know there isn't another common factor that impacts both statistics?
I don't make wars! 🌏❤
i dont think this apply to us any more ...
He assumes that more women in power would lead to less war? Really? There aren't many examples of course, but you remember Queen Mary the first of England? Queen Elizabeth 1 from Spain (inquisition)? Just to name a few.
It is said the women who ruled during those era wage war more then there male counterparts
They lived in a world made by men, for men. If you're alone in a group, will you tell everyone else they are wrong or do things like they do? If you say option A, I would say you're either a liar or one of the very few.
Because limited resources.
And they shall beat their spears into plowshares. And they shall not learn war anymore. Isaiah was (edit(is)) a beautiful book.
Rollo tomassi brought me here
We Make Wars Because Of Greed Power And Money
SIMPLE answear ! power and money. nothing else
Greed and view of self is the cause of war. Thinking abojt God or other makes you happier.,
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I am not a creature of you fallus,
it is men
lol that makes you feel better?
Yes it is men, yet 98% of those who die from war are also men, many not even knowing why they're fighting.
Obviously.
Catherine The Great, Indira Gandhi and Golda Meir disagree
1st
A little late to the party, great lecture , it is disheartening however, to learn that a new law is to take effect in Texas that requires diversity program in a state funded university be shut down by the start of next year, appears we don't want to understand, but would prefer to stay in the dark
Andrew tate 2.0
I love this guy
this man forgets that every tribes and society that were governed by women have inevitably vanished.
Way, way off the mark. He just repeated the realists/hawks diatribe. He needs to study B. Ferguson and Doug Fry.
Doug Fry the anthropologist? Have any recs for where to begin? You seem to have an interest in the academic world's critique of hector's ideas, so I'm curious to learn more--(I don't want everything I know about the possible roots of war (and its solutions) to be something I heard in a ted talk.)
I still wouldn't vote for Hillary ;)
Shirin Ebadi to Khomeyni : "And all that [Islamic Revolution] was only to get the right to have 4 wives?"
It was sponsored by France. It's hard to understand geopolitics.
In old testimony idolaters were to be killed in new testament sword is also mentioned.
That's why British forced Hindu Buddhist spiritual religions aboriginal into submission and to submit to God. That's what they did psychologically at least.
See Chinese Indian and other they have at least accepted place.
monkeys
So the globalists get wealthier.
Simple answer is west want more money
War is what made great heroes like Alexander the great, Julius Caesar, Salahuddin, Ashoka the great, Mehmed II, Genghis Khan, Amir Timur, Ivan the terrible, Napoleon Bonaparte, Joseph Stalin, Constantine the great.
War is necessary to create heroes
Would it be nicer to live in a world where we didn't need heroes to save us from the problems we cause?
@@cubesolver2564 can you give a period of history where there was no war but stable peace, like a century where all countries were at peace, where there was no Nationalism and Nationalists who seek restore their country's ancient glory by conquering ancient lands like Putin is trying to take over Ukraine because he considers Ukrainian territory is Ancestral Russian Land. By restoring a country to its old glorious days he will be remembered like those i mentioned above. If he loses he will go down or if he wins, he will be remembered by the Russian people as a person who restored Russia's glory. Remember History remembers only conquerors and not the conquered, to become a conqueror you must wage war and kill people that's all matters. Ancient Glory is all that matters...
@@tyrmorson4259 Unfortunately, I cannot recall a time when a century of true peace was achieved. But I can say that I have quite enjoyed my time on this planet far greater when there is less conflict in the world.
Glory's pretty awesome, and I can definitely appreciate how it can immortalize those who were brave defenders of their homeland, or those who were influential in leading their factions to victory.
However, history does not remember just those who conquer. History remembers victims, those who lost, those who tried, those who were wronged or betrayed, and those who sacrificed themselves for the causes and dreams they believed in, even if those dreams never came to fruition.
History remembers not just the glory of triumphant victories and ambitious leaders. It remembers hardships, suffering, and the bloodshed that were caused by the motivations of people who believed war was necessary, or merely a stepping stone to achieve their goals.
Do you really say Stalin and Ivan the terrible where great hero's 😂 they were dictators and tyrant's
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁? 𝗜𝘀 𝗜𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲?
War exists because the universe is made up of two opposing forces: reception and bestowal. When these forces do not enter into a balance, then they short circuit and try to destroy each other. That mutual effort of each side to eliminate the other is war.
The root cause of war is in the clash of these opposite forces of nature: reception and bestowal. That clash of spiritual forces gives rise to wars that unfold in our material world.
Therefore, stopping war at its source requires developing a regulating sense that has the ability to bestow above our innate force of reception, which are our self-serving desires that aim solely at absorbing into ourselves. In the language of Kabbalah, that bestowing sense is called a “screen” (Heb. “Masach”). Through this new regulating sense, we can acquire a state of positive and balanced human connection.
That is the key to a war-free, harmonious and peaceful existence.