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Who are the most peaceful people in the contemporary world?

WISDOMfromPO-MO June 23, 2017 at 04:34 6500 views 10 comments
Please do not say "atheists", "secularists", "mainline Protestants" or any other group that is not a specific ethnic group, a specific nation-state, or a specific nation that does not have statehood.

Appropriate responses would be like these: the Navajo, Sweden, or Kurds.

Who are some of the most peaceful groups in the contemporary world?

Comments (10)

BC June 23, 2017 at 04:46 #80073
Do you mean, "least warlike" peaceful, or "inner peace" peaceful? Or "most contented" peaceful? Namibia and Mongolia have the highest rate of nations for sedative abuse, so maybe they are the most peaceful.

Canada, Denmark, Portugal, Finland, Iceland, New Zealand, Japan, Austria, Slovenia, Czech were the 10 most peaceful, according to the Institute for Economics and Peace, for whatever that's worth. On their list the USA ranked 103 out of 163 -- not very peaceful.
Wayfarer June 23, 2017 at 06:13 #80082
What about Bhutan? Surely a nation with a Gross National Happiness index would have to rate somewhere.

Here in Australia, all the pedestrian bridges over freeways are enclosed in wire barriers, to stop adolescents from throwing bricks at passing vehicles. Which, I bet, is something that would rarely happen in, say, Japan. I tend to think anglo-saxons, generally, have a pretty high level of ambient violence. (And hey, I'm one, so I'm not casting aspersions.)

As for America - sad case. The land of the free and home of the brave doesn't seem to be living up to its image.
T Clark June 23, 2017 at 07:10 #80103
Quoting WISDOMfromPO-MO
Who are some of the most peaceful groups in the contemporary world?


Sweden? Doesn't get involved in wars or police actions. Not in NATO. Spends money on it's people's welfare, not the military. I do think it is easier for nations with homogeneous populations to be more stable and secure.

I think Wayfarer's suggestion of Bhutan is a good one.

Switzerland?

Monaco, San Marino, Andorra, Malta, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg? Too small and/or rich to raise much of a ruckus.
T Clark June 23, 2017 at 07:11 #80104
Quoting Wayfarer
As for America - sad case. The land of the free and home of the brave doesn't seem to be living up to its image.


Land of the free and home of the brave - that's a pretty pugnacious motto. I think we're living up to it quite well.
jkop June 23, 2017 at 08:51 #80116
Quoting T Clark
Sweden? Doesn't get involved in wars. . . .


:-} Sweden is one of the largest arms manufacturers and exporters in the world per capita. We also like to condemn the military acts of others and market ourselves as morally superior experts on peace and stability.
WISDOMfromPO-MO June 24, 2017 at 00:18 #80353
Peaceful = not willingly/voluntarily condoning, starting, celebrating, glorifying or supporting; nor willingly/voluntarily, knowingly indirectly contributing to or directly engaging in violent conflict or the use of the threat of violence.
WISDOMfromPO-MO June 24, 2017 at 21:17 #80597
Quoting Wayfarer
What about Bhutan?...




I am not familiar with them.

What makes them peaceful?
BC August 28, 2017 at 06:48 #100673
The dead.
Anonymys August 28, 2017 at 14:33 #100704
Reply to Bitter Crank That's my favorite ethnic group
dramolion August 28, 2017 at 20:19 #100729
the content.