Is World Peace Attainable? How?

Hugh Freaking Dillon

This is a serious question. Everyone (well, most everyone) dreams of peace on Earth. To my knowledge, it has never happened. There will always be heads of nations who have ulterior motives that do not put the good of humankind first. There are the extreme religions/faiths/etc that feel the need to destroy others as some preemptive measure.

Some wars have been inevitible. WWII for example. We had no choice there but to go to war. How do you deal with those that have evil intentions without going to war? Is it possible?

Has any scholar written anything with significance that can actually feasibly address this issue?

UpSideDown

Equal standard of living for all countries is the foundation for peace (if one exists)

Hugh Freaking Dillon

UpSideDown wrote:

Equal standard of living for all countries is the foundation for peace (if one exists)

how would that be achieved?

polaris_x

world peace is possible through the following steps:

1. the downfall of the military industrial complex
2. a united nations body that is not beholden to america, china, russia and great britain
3. global environmental initiatives
4. elimination of the IMF, World Bank, WTO and other organizations that serve the global elites

Blockhead

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

This is a serious question. Everyone (well, most everyone) dreams of peace on Earth. To my knowledge, it has never happened. There will always be heads of nations who have ulterior motives that do not put the good of humankind first. There are the extreme religions/faiths/etc that feel the need to destroy others as some preemptive measure.

Some wars have been inevitible. WWII for example. We had no choice there but to go to war. How do you deal with those that have evil intentions without going to war? Is it possible?

Has any scholar written anything with significance that can actually feasibly address this issue?

What is your definition of "good of humankind"

Blockhead

polaris_x wrote:

world peace is possible through the following steps:

1. the downfall of the military industrial complex
2. a united nations body that is not beholden to america, china, russia and great britain
3. global environmental initiatives
4. elimination of the IMF, World Bank, WTO and other organizations that serve the global elites

lol... Its so simple...

mikepegg44

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

This is a serious question. Everyone (well, most everyone) dreams of peace on Earth. To my knowledge, it has never happened. There will always be heads of nations who have ulterior motives that do not put the good of humankind first. There are the extreme religions/faiths/etc that feel the need to destroy others as some preemptive measure.

Some wars have been inevitible. WWII for example. We had no choice there but to go to war. How do you deal with those that have evil intentions without going to war? Is it possible?

Has any scholar written anything with significance that can actually feasibly address this issue?

world peace...not attainable

more peaceful world...attainable

it will be attainable when people leave each other alone

Hugh Freaking Dillon

Blockhead wrote:

What is your definition of "good of humankind"

when governments/groups no longer worry about making money first and foremost. the Gulf spill comes to mind. cutting down entire ecosystems without caring about the animals that live there. or even the other humans that live there. I could go on.

believe me, I'm no expert in this, which is probably evident, that's why I'm asking the question.

fife

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

Blockhead wrote:

What is your definition of "good of humankind"

when governments/groups worry about making money first and foremost. the Gulf spill comes to mind. cutting down entire ecosystems without caring about the animals that live there. or even the other humans that live there. I could go on.

believe me, I'm no expert in this, which is probably evident, that's why I'm asking the question.

maybe i am reading this wrong i am guess you want to say when governments/groups don't only care about making money.

Pontikas

yes, with a bong.

Quinn427

Through a trade with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

fife wrote:

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

Blockhead wrote:

What is your definition of "good of humankind"

when governments/groups worry about making money first and foremost. the Gulf spill comes to mind. cutting down entire ecosystems without caring about the animals that live there. or even the other humans that live there. I could go on.

believe me, I'm no expert in this, which is probably evident, that's why I'm asking the question.

maybe i am reading this wrong i am guess you want to say when governments/groups don't only care about making money.

correct.

Godfather.

someday there will be world peace,when all the powerhouse nations come to an agreement but it wont last long I would guess only 10 to 20 years.

Godfather.

he still stands

here's how it's got to happen:

technology has to win the race versus the Malthusian end of days/peak oil situation.

what is going to happen is a rapid ascension of technology that allows us to be interconnected to everyone all the time. Eventually, we will be so interconnected via technology that we will create a fabric of a single consciousness with everyone and with the technology itself. A single consciousness will pervade the world and it will be the singularity... where we are all one entity of love, peace and understanding. At that point we will hyperevolve and spread out through the universe via nano-technology and the universe will be complete; a single consciousness that communicates with everyone and everything, all the time. In short, man will create God, as has been our destiny since we began thinking about anything other than mere survival.

come on, it's simple.

disclaimer: LSD had something to do with my postulation, so buyer beware.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

he still stands wrote:

here's how it's got to happen:

technology has to win the race versus the Malthusian end of days/peak oil situation.

what is going to happen is a rapid ascension of technology that allows us to be interconnected to everyone all the time. Eventually, we will be so interconnected via technology that we will create a fabric of a single consciousness with everyone and with the technology itself. A single consciousness will pervade the world and it will be the singularity... where we are all one entity of love, peace and understanding. At that point we will hyperevolve and spread out through the universe via nano-technology and the universe will be complete; a single consciousness that communicates with everyone and everything, all the time. In short, man will create God, as has been our destiny since we began thinking about anything other than mere survival.

come on, it's simple.

disclaimer: LSD had something to do with my postulation, so buyer beware.

it's funny, before I even got to teh "man will create god" part, I was thinking "so in essence man BECOMES god! what a concept!".

he still stands

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

he still stands wrote:

here's how it's got to happen:

technology has to win the race versus the Malthusian end of days/peak oil situation.

what is going to happen is a rapid ascension of technology that allows us to be interconnected to everyone all the time. Eventually, we will be so interconnected via technology that we will create a fabric of a single consciousness with everyone and with the technology itself. A single consciousness will pervade the world and it will be the singularity... where we are all one entity of love, peace and understanding. At that point we will hyperevolve and spread out through the universe via nano-technology and the universe will be complete; a single consciousness that communicates with everyone and everything, all the time. In short, man will create God, as has been our destiny since we began thinking about anything other than mere survival.

come on, it's simple.

disclaimer: LSD had something to do with my postulation, so buyer beware.

it's funny, before I even got to teh "man will create god" part, I was thinking "so in essence man BECOMES god! what a concept!".

yes, in essence we create God and ARE God.

UpSideDown

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

UpSideDown wrote:

Equal standard of living for all countries is the foundation for peace (if one exists)

how would that be achieved?

Coordinated allocation of resources between nations, which would require sacrifice on the part of the developed countries.

This still wouldn't eliminate the threat of war completey, as bands of hate and greed will always exist.

JonnyPistachio

As Eddie said in the Italy DVD, take the top 25-50 leaders from the major countries and lock them in a room and dont let them out until until they figure it out.

I assume they'd kill each other first though.

Ps-I am not one of those that follows everything Eddie says as gospel, but this cracked me up because it made the worlds problems seem so trivial.

UpSideDown

Also I think eliminating all nuclear weapons - no matter what country - is a good start.

If you were Iran why wouldn't you want a nuke, when other countries have them stockpiled?

Hugh Freaking Dillon

UpSideDown wrote:

Also I think eliminating all nuclear weapons - no matter what country - is a good start.

If you were Iran why wouldn't you want a nuke, when other countries have them stockpiled?

agreed. it makes no sense for any nation to say "we can have them, we're responsible, you're not, so hand em over!". I'd give everyone the big EFF U too.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

but what about the nations that don't give a shit about their economy or oil, but just killing their own civilians? what do you do about them?