The government is elected with very low voting participation and popular support so that in order to govern, it has to depend on the Supreme Court of Justice, which to a large degree legalizes the interests of these groups, and on the armed forces to guarantee the materialization of these interests. The large masses have only their wisdom, their civil resistance, and their desire to survive to defend themselves. They have survived despite everything imaginable, although they continue to be the victims of a violence that is reflected in two million displaced people, almost 30,000 violent deaths annually, high unemployment rates, and a lack of hope since their life dreams are continually frustrated. None of this violence has stopped Colombians from believing in a better future, from laughing, singing, dancing, and defending themselves by making jokes about their reality. For example, right now there is a lot of displacement along the Colombian Pacific coast congruent with plans to continue the Pan-American Highway and build a new canal. . . .
Unemployment is another ingredient of the conflicts.
Based on this clarification, we can say that in the social conflict, those involved include the government and its social expressions, the communities that are affected by the government policies, and people affected by unemployment and displacement. The armed forces of the state. All of these counterinsurgent groups come together to act against what they believe to be the guerrilla base. These groups play a fundamental role in the development of the armed conflict. Groups of drug traffickers sometimes form private armies as well.