Modernization Of A Society Reduces Conflict

"The facilities for advanced education must be evened out and multiplied. No one who can take advantage of a higher education should be denied this chance. You cannot conduct a modern community except with an adequate supply of persons upon whose education, whether humane, technical, or scientific, much time and money have been spent." ~ Winston Churchill

"Herein lies the real value of education. Advanced education may or may not make men and women more efficient; but it enriches personality, increases the wealth of the mind, and hence brings happiness." ~ William Lyon Phelps

As a nation-state develops into a modern, diverse economy with increased postsecondary education and improved living standards that promote stability, the vast majority of highly modern nation-states reduce the likelihood of conflict.

When a society has a diversified economy, its interests rely on stable global trade and cooperation.

Modern, diverse economies depend on global interdependence, which makes international conflict less attractive. For any country, war disrupts economic ties and global supply chain management. Modern economic societies thrive with a vibrant global supply chain, ensuring the fast-paced transportation and logistics of goods and services.

A common result of the modernization of economies, especially liberal democratic societies, is that they statistically engage less in wars with other democracies. In fact, modern liberal democracies have not gone to war due to religious or tribal affiliations, thanks to national identity and conflict resolution governance within such societies.

A society that is highly educated, promotes postsecondary education for all its citizens, and encourages lifelong learning tends to have more tolerance and global awareness. Higher education for most citizens in a modern economic democracy promotes critical thinking and holds the government accountable, which, in turn, promotes the peaceful resolution of disputes within such a country.

However, a modern liberal democratic, diverse economy can at times engage in aggressive foreign policies through proxies, encouraging a neo-imperialistic mandate to secure resources needed in such an economy.

A diverse, modern economy does not eliminate conflict.

If there are resources lacking for such an economy and it cannot maintain stable economic ties with countries that have the necessary resources, such modern economies may work through proxies to acquire these resources for the betterment of their own nation-state economy.