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Borrowing ideas from Rene Girard, we present a Systems Theoretic Model Human Socio-Cultural Mechanics, revealing the dynamic structure of conflict and violence in human cultures. Using the model, we can discover the optimal strategy to drive a human socio-cultural system in reverse toward non-violence and peace. Science and reason arrive at the same optimal solution as that proposed historicly by Jesus, Buddha, Gandhi, King, Thich Nhat Hanh, John Dear, and thousands of other rational thinkers who thought deeply about the problems of violence, oppression, and injustice.

It's pure science, pure reason, and pure theology. These methods of thought all reach the same insightful solution.

It's time we learned it so that we can discontinue the mindless practice of killing ourselves off. It's time we learned, reviewed, reflected, and meditated on this model. You can do that in the context of your faith, or in the context of a quiet meditation on a scientific model. It's the same calming mindfulness.