Poll: World Peace?

[Axzarious]

So long as humanity is divided by different opinions, there will be conflict.

 

[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?

Well, spelling mistake that bugged the hell out of my OCD aside, this is a difficult question. An answer really depends on a persons interpetation of what peace consists of, and what a realistic level we as a species may be able to reach.

Mankind is selfish. Mankind has always been and will always be selfish. It is not a flaw that we can, or even should correct. It is our greatest instinctual asset, our best tool, and our greatest drive in every sense, just as it is our greatest weakness an barrier. It is our identity.

We are all driven to some degree to fulfill our own desires. Some are purely self serving and ambition-feeding. Others fulfill their need to fulfill the needs of others to improve upon them selves. While our what we are motivated to do may change though, what is motivating us will always be the same.

I believe that, some day, on an over all level, it is possible for humanity to achieve peace amongst eachother. It is almost certainly our ultimate destiny to be united by what is most common among us.

However, individuals will still disagree, bicker, resist, steal, indulge, fight, etc., because that is who we are. We may be able to solve our differences as a species, we are all individuals, we are all different, with different rationals and means of self fulfillment.

There will always be a crimerate in paradise, but I doubt it would be to high.

Ofcourse, if there isn't free will to ALLOW the possibility of crime, it isn't really paradise, is it?

My bad. I have fixed the spelling mistake now

 

[theSovietConnection]

I can't say 100% for sure either way. On the path we are right now, it isn't likely, but who is to say that we'll always be like this? The more important question is, at present birth and mortality rates, and assuming that the discrepency of material distribution is entirely solved (which is kind of a pre-requisite to world peace, at least in my books), would the Earth be able to sustain world peace?

 

[demoman_chaos]

No, war is too profitable to get rid of. Governments take out loans from a bank to buy weapons from arms dealers. Bankers get fat paid due to interest, and their weapons making sub companies get the loaned money right back meaning the loaned amount doubles since the government has to pay back the banks.

MGS4's world is quite accurate to what may happen to ours. PMC's fight against other PMC's all to keep constant battles going to keep the cashflow flowing.

Only way to have world peace is to make war unprofitable for anyone.

 

[rvbnut]

No, war is too profitable to get rid of. Governments take out loans from a bank to buy weapons from arms dealers. Bankers get fat paid due to interest, and their weapons making sub companies get the loaned money right back meaning the loaned amount doubles since the government has to pay back the banks.

MGS4's world is quite accurate to what may happen to ours. PMC's fight against other PMC's all to keep constant battles going to keep the cashflow flowing.

Only way to have world peace is to make war unprofitable for anyone.

I guess as long as someone has a bigger stick (intellentual property, weapons, personal abilities, status, money etc), we will always have conflict which is born from envy. Envy being a human emotion, is unable to be wiped from humanity. Therefore peace with people elevated above other people isn't possible.

 

[Spookimitsu]

Its not world peace, no. But its probably the closest we've gotten to it as humans. Ceaser wrecked the shit of anyone who even thought about inciting violence against anyone or anything. So everyone was terrified of inciting violence. Hence peace.

That wasnt even CLOSE to world peace. A global community? Just because they aren't fighting down the street from your house doesnt mean that there is world peace.

The romans were still fighting wars, during this so-called time of peace. Hence, it wasnt a peaceful time, IMO