How Markets Dismantle the War Machine The Real Unit of Peace: Individuals, Not Nations Too often we hear of “nation vs nation,” “us vs them,” “the enemy over there.” But scratch the surface and the real story is far humbler—and far more powerful. True cooperation begins not between states but between human beings. Two strangers, in different corners of the world, make a deal—one has something you want, you have something they want. That handshake, that voluntary transaction, is a declaration of peace. When a craftsman in China trades with a consumer in the United States, when a farmer lets his neighbor buy his produce instead of hoarding it, we see that the foundation of peaceful exchange lies in persons,…
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