There is conflict when people try to resist oppresion, so conflict isn't an inherently bad thing. .." The lack of Agonism  ( Agonism is a political theory that emphasizes the potentially positive aspects of certain (but not all) forms of political conflict ) leads to deplorable fascism such as we just saw in the US where the putative democratic party can't even fight for the most basic democracy. That said, politics is war by other means and by all means should avoid war since ' jaw, jaw, jaw is better than war, war, war '.  Which brings us to certain odd c-punk creatures that claim to be libeled and have a remedy short of old-fashioned dueling, but don't use it.  Assange the Rapist and Harkness the Nazi. Odd creatures like jellyfish - without a spine and prone to drift.