{"id":55621,"date":"2024-01-24T12:58:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T11:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/let-us-oppose-imperialism-militarism-and-violence\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T12:58:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:58:20","slug":"oppose-imperialism-militarism-and-violence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/oppose-imperialism-militarism-and-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"OPPOSE IMPERIALISM, MILITARISM AND VIOLENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"55621\" class=\"elementor elementor-55621 elementor-19823\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cb69196 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"cb69196\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-35bde81\" data-id=\"35bde81\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6a9301 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f6a9301\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LIVE WITHOUT HARMING! OPPOSE IMPERIALISM, MILITARISM AND THE CULT OF VIOLENCE<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f620b2c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f620b2c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f2bfb8c\" data-id=\"f2bfb8c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a74a91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a74a91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/jovenes-participando-protesta-contra-guerra-1-scaled.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19830 size-medium\" title=\"DO NOT BE AUTHORITARIAN\" src=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/jovenes-participando-protesta-contra-guerra-1-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/jovenes-participando-protesta-contra-guerra-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/jovenes-participando-protesta-contra-guerra-1-scaled-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/jovenes-participando-protesta-contra-guerra-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/jovenes-participando-protesta-contra-guerra-1-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/jovenes-participando-protesta-contra-guerra-1-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/jovenes-participando-protesta-contra-guerra-1-2048x1463.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many people take pride in the former empires of their &#8220;nations,&#8221; such as the Dutch, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Mongols, Italians, Arabs, Turks, Iranians, etc. <span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\">However, behind that facade of glory, grandeur, and power so admired by imperialists and nationalists, great suffering is hidden from innocent people:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6793b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6793b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li><strong>Bloody wars<\/strong>, with many dead, amputees, wounded, orphans, mothers mourning the loss of their children, traumatized victims&#8230;<\/li><li><strong>Genocides<\/strong> and massacres, such as the Mongols in Asia, Muslims in India, Germans in Namibia, Japanese in China and so on.<\/li><li><strong>Rape<\/strong> of women and girls, often on a massive scale. <\/li><li><strong>Torture<\/strong>, both cruel and painful.<\/li><li><strong>Slavery<\/strong>, servitude or forced labor.<\/li><li><strong>Looting<\/strong> and destruction of homes, leaving families homeless, and towns and cities razed to the ground.<\/li><li><strong>Theft of land<\/strong> and wealth, frequently on a large scale.<\/li><li><strong>Oppression and repression<\/strong> to generate fear in order to achieve submission and obedience and to prevent rebellions.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-009e5fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"009e5fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-6481\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-6481\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Read more...<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-6481\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-6481\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some British people believe their empire was different from the others, quite benign, because they are more civilized; however, nothing could be further from the truth, as demonstrated by several examples:<\/p><ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li><strong>India<\/strong>: according to some studies, British colonialism caused at least 100 million deaths in about 40 years. According to other research, the number of deaths rose to 165 million between 1880 and 1920. To this must be added a massive plundering of wealth.<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image001.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19831\" title=\"OPPOSE IMPERIALISM, MILITARISM AND VIOLENCE\" src=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image001-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image001.jpg 566w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Malnourished Indians due to British rule<\/p><ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li><strong>Kenya<\/strong>: according to some estimates, up to 150,000 Kikuyu were interned in about 100 concentration camps, where they were abused and tortured, including the castration of men (obviously without anesthesia) and the insertion of bottles into women&#8217;s vaginas. To this must be added the theft of the best lands to be sold at low prices to European settlers, leaving their African owners without their source of livelihood overnight.<\/li><\/ul><ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li><strong>America<\/strong>: the British transported more than 3 million African slaves to their colonies on this continent, of whom 2.7 million arrived. Conditions on the slave ships were very harsh, as they were in the destination plantations, where they were systematically abused through whipping and other means. To this must be added the extermination of Native Americans.<\/li><\/ul><ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li><strong>China<\/strong>: for imperialist interests, they helped Empress Cixi suppress the Taiping Rebellion, resulting in the murder of 50 million innocent people.<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/boer.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19832 size-full\" title=\"OPPOSE IMPERIALISM, MILITARISM AND VIOLENCE\" src=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/boer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Malnourished Boer child<\/p><ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li><strong>South Africa<\/strong>: in the Second Boer War, a scorched earth policy was applied, destroying Boer crops and homes (descendants of the Dutch, Germans, and French), killing their livestock and interning this ethnic group in concentration camps where many died due to appalling conditions.<\/li><\/ul><ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li><strong>Tasmania<\/strong>: they committed genocide against their indigenous people, who were poor hunter-gatherers.<\/li><\/ul><p>Imperialists often apply a scandalous double standard. When they or their ancestors dominate others, they consider it something glorious, a feat to be proud of that gives them greatness. But when others do the same to their &#8220;nation,&#8221; or at least try to, then it turns out they are common oppressors.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/be-impartial-and-do-not-apply-double-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read LIVE WITHOUT HARMING! Be impartial and do not apply double standards <\/a><\/em><\/p><p>This is what happens to Spanish nationalists with the Napoleonic invasion, to the British with the Spanish Armada or the Nazi Blitz, to the French with the Nazi occupation, to the Chinese with the Japanese invasion and so on.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The thirst for expansion has not disappeared. It remains present, especially in countries like Russia or China, or among Muslim jihadists. The instincts for <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/do-not-be-authoritarian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>domination<\/u><\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/do-not-steal-either-directly-or-indirectly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>theft<\/u><\/a><\/span>, and aggression are still there, as the DNA of the human race does not change in years or decades, but rather in millennia. They are the origin of militarism\u2014that is, the liking (sometimes obsession) for armies, wars and violence.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All of these are closely related to the gregarious instinct that causes racism, ethnicism, and ultra-nationalism. They are also linked to far-right ideologies and the glorification of scoundrels. They are different leaves of the same weed.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Read LIVE WITHOUT HARMING:<a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/raise-awareness-of-the-harm-caused-by-racism-ethnicism-nationalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Reject racism, ethnicism, xenophobia and ultra-nationalism<\/a><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Read &#8220;HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT HARMING?&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/reform-the-harmful-side-of-the-far-right\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Reform the harmful part of the far right<\/a><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><em>Read FOR A WORLD WITHOUT HARM:<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/do-no-harm-be-open-and-avoid-harmful-gregariousness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Avoid harmful gregariousness<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Read <a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/lets-honor-no-villain-but-those-who-have-fought-for-a-bettter-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DO NOT HONOR VILLAINS! But rather those who have fought for a better world<\/a><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">All those instincts and tendencies were the cause of World War I (40 million dead, plus millions more victims of various sufferings, and Europe devastated and in poverty) and World War II (70-85 million dead, plus even more millions of victims of great suffering, and Europe even more razed and in misery).<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It seems impossible that after the harsh experience of the first war, in just two decades, the same generation caused another even worse conflict, but unfortunately, it is true. One must be a deranged, unbalanced and very toxic species to do such things, as well as foolish to make the same mistake twice in such a short time. Unfortunately, evil runs through our veins.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some believe that all this is water under the bridge, that it belongs to the past and that now we are finally safe because we have become civilized. But this is not the case, as those human instincts are always latent. They are often sleeping in a part of our brain while we are busy and entertained with our daily tasks, problems and pleasures. However, they can wake up at any time. For example, in the event of conflicts or tensions between countries or groups.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, decolonization did not end until a few decades ago, in the 1970s. And since there are still millions of people with expansionist aspirations and history tends to be cyclical like a Ferris wheel, unless there is a profound change of mentality in the majority of people, it is wise not to lower our guard and to apply root solutions:<\/p><ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li>Repress those instincts. It is good to be ourselves and live according to our nature, provided it does not cause harm to innocent people. Imperialism\/warmongering is one of the ten beads of a necklace that tightens around our neck, from which hangs a pendant with the following inscription:<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/change-harmful-ways-of-thinking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Decalogue of Evil<\/a><\/em><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">But we can free ourselves from it with a very powerful little key called:<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/dodecalogue-of-kindness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Dodecalogue of Kindness<\/a><\/em><\/p><ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li>The INTENSE AND PERSISTENT education of children and teenagers, and pedagogy among adults in an ethics of non-harm and respect, in a culture of kindness, justice, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/defend-yourself-and-others\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">peaceful conflict resolution<\/a><\/span>.<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/avoid-harming-others\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read AVOID HARMING OTHERS!<\/a><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Read THE ART OF LIVING WITHOUT HARMING:<a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/respect-others\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Respect others<\/a><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Read THE REVOLUTION OF LIVING WITHOUT HARMING:<a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/be-a-good-person\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Be good people<\/a><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; 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color: #e5ac1b;\"><a style=\"color: #e5ac1b; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1705739656386000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0r_zOrwTRU9jKMsNGkX-Vn\">www.institutodelbienestar.com<\/a><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">LET&#8217;S NOT HARM ANYONE, except in legitimate self-defense against an aggressor.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); color: #ffffff;\">Read:<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); text-decoration-line: underline; color: #e5ac1b;\"><a style=\"color: #e5ac1b;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/no-danes\/publicaciones\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1705739656386000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Y-BstuMG-ZGz1yLfoAV21\">other articles from DO NO HARM!&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1169154 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1169154\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400; 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