Poll: World Peace?

[rvbnut]

New to the escapist forums. I thought I might post this question.

Will humanity ever reach a moment where everyone is completely content with each other, no wars, no racism, no sexism etc. I pray that we have world peace soon but I'm not too sure. Should I just give up on even entertaining the idea or what?

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

No. Not unless we start handing out free, compulsive, lobotomies.
People will always find something to dislike about each other, it is in our nature. Even if we unite as one race against some greater threat, there will still be dissent. But then, rivalry does help to progress things.

 

[Entreri481]

I would want to live in a perfect society,.... besides, with no war I'd be out of a job.

 

[emeraldrafael]

Yes! When there's only one person left.

Or at least when there's only a few groups left and dont know of the others' existence.

Other then that, I dont think so, cause human nature (bad human natures) will keep that an impossibility while humans can freely choose.

 

[SonicWaffle]

New to the escapist forums. I thought I might post this question.

Welcome to forum, avoid basement, etc etc.

Will humanity ever reach a moment where everyone is completely content with each other, no wars, no racism, no sexism etc. I prey that we have world peace soon but I'm not too sure. Should I just give up on even entertaining the idea or what?

Yes, we should give up entertaining the idea that we will ever achieve total world peace - it is alien to human nature, after all - but that doesn't mean we shouldn't still work for it. You'll never make things perfect but you can make them better. Do what you can, without worrying about lofty, unachievable goals like world peace or an end to racism.

 

[thekindofcornyoueat]

si vis pacem para bellum

 

[Kurokami]

New to the escapist forums. I thought I might post this question.

Will humanity ever reach a moment where everyone is completely content with each other, no wars, no racism, no sexism etc. I prey that we have world peace soon but I'm not too sure. Should I just give up on even entertaining the idea or what?

Want world peace you just gotta take away people's way of thinking, if that makes you happy than sure, world peace is great. Personally I'm not too keen on what the idea must mean.

 

[rvbnut]

si vis pacem para bellum

"If you want peace, prepare for war"
I have to agree with this. It does seem, and I must agree with a few people. The only way for total peace is for everyone to adopt a single mindset. The only way I can see this happening is through conflict. Such is human nature

 

[smithy_2045]

Nope. People like killing other people way too much.

 

[magicmonkeybars]

Sure, it's when we're all dead.

 

[zama174]

New to the escapist forums. I thought I might post this question.

Will humanity ever reach a moment where everyone is completely content with each other, no wars, no racism, no sexism etc. I prey that we have world peace soon but I'm not too sure. Should I just give up on even entertaining the idea or what?

As you describe it? No. Because unless humanity is destroyed then there shall always be anger which means someone will hate someone else. But will there ever be a stop to humans waging wars against each other and having a world government? Yes. Eventually we will get out into space and find some other form of sentient life to kill so we can stop worrying so much about people of other ethnicity.

 

[SonicWaffle]

Fuck, the Tea Party Movement in the United States got followers by discouraging people from moderation and compromise.

I was reading about the Tea Party Movement the other day, and what I read seems to ring true - our perception of them is largely filtered through media spin. We see lunatics on the news dressed like old-time revolutionaries, waving signs about Obama being a Marxist/Kenyan/Nazi/Supervillain, rambling endlessly about birth certificates and how 'libruls' hate America, want to kill puppies and ban candy. You get nutbar politicians like that O'Donnell woman mumbling nonsense about withcraft. This is what we're shown, and this is what the mind flashes up when we think of the Tea Party.

All of which ignores the fact that most members of the Tea Party Movement are probably ordinary people who want their views represented. The lunatic fringe with the signs and the costumes take all the attention away from people who are presumably far less...well, fucking insane than those we see on the news. Hell, if I were a Teabagger, I'd be pretty annoyed at being associated with those fuckwits.

It's kinda like saying that all liberals are moss-munching hippies or all conservatives are bible-bashing fundamentalists - it's the ones you don't see who are more important.

 

[Merkavar]

its human nature to want what others have and try to take it. so unless human nature changes i cant see world peace happening. and if our nature changes are we really still human? so i guess no world peace for humanity.

but with saying that i dont want people to stop trying for peace, that is also part of our nature in my oppinion. Fight enemies until wwe get what we want then make them our friends.

 

[Astoria]

Sorry but it's not gonna happen. It's just human, well actually it's just animal nature to fight against those who differ from you.

 

[OhMyJosh]

Will never happen. We live in a constantly changing world, so we cannot keep at a standstill. Also if everything stopped one side of the Earth would freeze and die.

 

[Doomdiver]

I'd say no. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't support trying. Just because something seems impossible doesn't mean it isn't worth striving for.

 

[khiliani]

human society is based around the fear of the "other". it is the glue that holds a lot together. you only need to look at the recent australian election, with all its bs over the "boat people" and what to do with them

 

[HK_01]

Yep, you should give up on hoping for it because it will never ever happen. You'll be happier if you just accept that war is a part of human nature and civilization.

Fuck, the Tea Party Movement in the United States got followers by discouraging people from moderation and compromise.

I was reading about the Tea Party Movement the other day, and what I read seems to ring true - our perception of them is largely filtered through media spin. We see lunatics on the news dressed like old-time revolutionaries, waving signs about Obama being a Marxist/Kenyan/Nazi/Supervillain, rambling endlessly about birth certificates and how 'libruls' hate America, want to kill puppies and ban candy. You get nutbar politicians like that O'Donnell woman mumbling nonsense about withcraft. This is what we're shown, and this is what the mind flashes up when we think of the Tea Party.

All of which ignores the fact that most members of the Tea Party Movement are probably ordinary people who want their views represented. The lunatic fringe with the signs and the costumes take all the attention away from people who are presumably far less...well, fucking insane than those we see on the news. Hell, if I were a Teabagger, I'd be pretty annoyed at being associated with those fuckwits.

It's kinda like saying that all liberals are moss-munching hippies or all conservatives are bible-bashing fundamentalists - it's the ones you don't see who are more important.

If that's the case they shouldn't accept people like Sarah Palin as their leaders and should strongly discourage people from coming to their rallies with signs like "Obama is a terrorist" and equally retarded things.

 

[little.09]

i'd hate it we wouldnt be people anymore also it would be boring

 

[SonicWaffle]

It's the more important ones who are not as active.

I'd disagree with the word 'active'. It's a grass-roots movements, so it has many active members attending rallies, presumably lobbying politicians, signing petitions and so on. However, they don't receive media focus, because they're not as funny or ridiculous as the extremist fringe. Conservative news sources likely use these people to draw attention to the movement while more liberal sources like to point at them and say "look how ridiculous these people are!", but both sides marginalize the majority.

I'm saying that people such as Sarah Palin attract more people to the Tea Party (more specifically, the "lunatic fringe", by promoting mostly extremist views.

While this is true to an extent, it still doesn't mean that the majority of the Tea Party are extremists. It just means that the extremist faction grows due to some high profile figures with insane views, and the silent majority just struggles by and pretends not to know the crazy ones. I can't help feeling sorry for them, despite being politically opposed to them; imagine being undeniably linked in the public consciousness to people like Sarah Palin or Andy Schlafly.