If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker suggests that peace depends on human choices and priorities, specifically valuing harmony over consumer goods.
- In plain terms
- If people chose peace over consumer goods, we would have peace.
- What can you take from it?
- Priorities determine whether we have peace.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do you value most?
- How do choices affect society?
Another view
It simplifies complex global conflicts into consumer choices.
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