○The Path to Ending War

     In 2021, there were about 48,000 gun-related deaths in the United States, and only one in Japan. The population of the United States was about 2.7 times that of Japan. If there are weapons, conflicts will inevitably occur. This is the same at the national level. If a country has bombs and fighter planes, war will inevitably ensue. The deterrence of military power, such as nuclear weapons, is a temporary relief. In the medium to long term, tensions continue to rise, equipment is reinforced accordingly, and eventually, something triggers a war. The timing for disarmament comes when Prout Village is established in all countries around the world, and all weapons are simultaneously disposed of in the electric furnaces of the municipalities.

    In a monetary society, soldiers who work in the military earn their wages there. But in Prout Village, there's no need to earn a living, so there's no need to work in the military. Even if a dictator appears, if there is no army, there is no organization to protect them. Without an army, a dictator is nothing more than a powerless individual.

    The military is often thought of as an entity that protects their citizens from threats from other countries. However, the military can also be used to forcefully suppress demonstrations and people who oppose their own government. The more the leader of a country is a dictator, the more the military intended to protect the country can be used to attack its own citizens.

    Furthermore, as a human characteristic, the ego is always looking for someone to attack and incessantly seeks more and more material things. If a person with a strong ego becomes the president or prime minister, they will want to expand their territory more and more. They will use weapons and resort to underhanded tactics to attack others. Even if the surrounding countries arm themselves and enhance their military capabilities, they will shake things up from various angles to create opportunities for invasion. As long as the leaders of each country have strong egos, there will be no end to invasions and wars. From the perspective of neighboring countries, a situation of peace and security will never be permanent. The only way to build a peaceful society is to choose leaders worldwide who are as free from ego as possible. This needs to be understood by everyone around the world, and they need to elect such individuals as leaders. Otherwise, a fundamentally peaceful society will not be born.

    Most residents of countries at war do not want the war, and Prout Village can be their destination for relocation. It can also be a destination for accepting refugees and immigrants. In this way, the number of people involved in poverty, conflicts, and wars in various places gradually decreases. People living in peacetime countries will also migrate to Prout Village, increasing the number of people who understand how to build peaceful societies worldwide and have more leisure time. Then the atmosphere of society will start to change in a positive direction. In the end, only dictators and politicians clinging to power will remain, and they will be surrounded by Prout Village. But there is no power in a ruler who has lost his soldiers. Then, we encourage these national leaders to migrate to Prout Village and resolve the situation peacefully through non-violence.