I think the key
is that they are never "at
war." A state of war creates a state of dependency in the
population ...
they need to be "protected" by their government against other hostile
countries/groups. Because of this need, they come to love the country that provides
this
security. This is similar to an idea developed many years before by
Thomas Hobbes in his
"Leviathan." He note that the population will make a
contract with the state (quite
different from other Social Contracts to come
later) based on this premise that the primary
responsibility of the state is
to protect its citizens from attacks.
The
governments
inmay or may not exist, but they are clearly working together to create a
system
that keeps ALL of the world's citizens dependent on their government,
thus providing a kind of
"balance" in the world. Thus, "War is
Peace."
There are
some similarities to this system in our
world where the USSR and the USA once were the two
superpowers who kept each
other "under control" while maintaining "order" in
the sphere of
influence.
I listed the reference to Hobbes below in case
you
are interested in further investigation.
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