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For millenia the people\u2019s and states of western Europe were at war with each other.\nThey fought the 9 years war, the 100 years war, the Napoleonic wars, two world wars, and way too many others to mention.\nThese people hated each other. It was a cauldron of \u201cus versus them\u201d\nBut today with the rise of the EU and an extended period of peace in the region many of \u201cthem\u201d have become \u201cus\u201d.\nSo what caused those centuries of hate, where has it gone, and is it possible to eliminate hate altogether?\nMatthew Williams, Professor of Criminology in the School of Social Sciences, Director of HateLab and the Social Data Science Lab at Cardiff University, and author of 'The Science of Hate: How Prejudice Becomes Hate And What We Can Do To Stop It' joined Jonathan to discuss.\nListen and subscribe to\xa0Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea\xa0on\xa0Apple Podcasts\xa0and\xa0Spotify.\n\xa0\xa0\nDownload, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\nYou can also listen to Newstalk live on\xa0newstalk.com\xa0or on Alexa, by\xa0adding the Newstalk skill\xa0and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.