{"id":1772,"date":"2014-05-12T17:14:54","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T21:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/?page_id=1772"},"modified":"2025-05-05T16:08:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T20:08:53","slug":"money-is-a-bad-option","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/from-principle-to-practice\/money-is-a-bad-option\/","title":{"rendered":"Money is a bad option"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Some options are in fact bad options. They won\u2019t or don\u2019t provide the results you want or expect. This is not a crisis. It is an opportunity for testing and learning <i>faster<\/i>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Money is a bad option<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Money is not an effective counter to conflict or violence. If giving money is your option for reducing violence or maintaining lack of violence, go back and try again. The evidence is that money incentivizes toward violence, not away from it. Why?<\/p>\n<p>Money seems to be bound up with respect and fairness. Those who do not receive it perceive they are being treated differently and as though they matter less (Different Value for Different Lives). Money for \u201cnothing\u201d (no apparent goods or services) also looks like Ignoring the Rules. Money almost always spurs Competition among people or groups of people. This often leads to Suspicion, Anger, and Fear.<\/p>\n<p>Money brought into a conflict zone creates an incentive to maintain low-level violence or conflict so as to maintain the flow of money. If low-level violence is not enough to maintain the flow, then expect some major flare-ups until the money resumes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"box\">Previous Page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/from-principle-to-practice\/when-things-dont-go-your-way\/\" title=\"When things don\u2019t go your way\">When things don\u2019t go your way<\/a><br \/>\nNext Page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/from-principle-to-practice\/shared-language-and-explaining-options\/\" title=\"Shared language and explaining Options\">Shared language and explaining Options<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related Topics<br \/>\n<a title=\"Key Questions for Options &amp; Opportunities\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/key-questions-for-options-and-opportunities\/\">Key Questions for Options &amp; Opportunities<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"How to develop Options and support Opportunities\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/how-to-develop-options-and-support-opportunities\/\">How to develop Options and support Opportunities<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Using the Patterns of the ABCs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/using-the-patterns-of-the-abcs\/\">Using the Patterns of the ABCs<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Resource Transfers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/resource-transfers\/\">Resource Transfers<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Messages through the RAFT\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/the-raft\/\">Messages through the RAFT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some options are in fact bad options. They won\u2019t or don\u2019t provide the results you want or expect. This is not a crisis. It is an opportunity for testing and learning faster. Money is a bad option Money is not an effective counter to conflict or violence. 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