We just can't win
We are pretty screwed, I'm just sayin.
I was thinking about world peace today, and if we had world peace it would mean that there would be no struggle over any resources. Ultimatly wars are about destroying resources of others and so when these resources are destroyed it means that they are not available for anyone. People are forced to fight because they do not have access to these resources, whether or not someone is keeping them from having access or they just want something that someone else has. This then means that if there was no warefare all people would be happy with what they had and would not need to compete for resources. We now have so many people on this planet and so many "needs" that we could not be happy sharing resources. And we are also to focused on ourselves to care about the needs of anyone else. If everyone had all their needs according to Maslov satisfied, there would be no need to compete. Our world cannot support all these needs. If everyone lived like we do in North America we would be screwed. I know that I am much to self centered to want my way of life to end as I know it. I'm very comfortable with who I am, and what I have. But maybe different people in different parts of the world have different hierarchy's and for them their idea of happiness is different than what mine is. Actually, just reading that again I don't think so. People basically want to be loved, love others, and feel safe.
I still do not believe that violence is the answer. I know that there is no way that this can be a solution, but I do promise to never use violence towards my advantage. In ethics we talked about how our generation has such a closed mind according to one of our readings because all we do is claim that we cannot judge or take an ethical standpoint because we do not know the experiences or cultures of everyone. This is a problem though because if you do not choose a side it is simply being lazy. Why shouldn't we have the right to judge. Just as others judge me I should be able to judge myself what I would consider right and wrong. I don't want to be seen as taking the easy way out. And I think that it's ok to have an opinion on something, as long as it can be backed up. I think it's better to have an opinion and be open to listening and working with others to develop the opinion than to simply just give up.
I was thinking about world peace today, and if we had world peace it would mean that there would be no struggle over any resources. Ultimatly wars are about destroying resources of others and so when these resources are destroyed it means that they are not available for anyone. People are forced to fight because they do not have access to these resources, whether or not someone is keeping them from having access or they just want something that someone else has. This then means that if there was no warefare all people would be happy with what they had and would not need to compete for resources. We now have so many people on this planet and so many "needs" that we could not be happy sharing resources. And we are also to focused on ourselves to care about the needs of anyone else. If everyone had all their needs according to Maslov satisfied, there would be no need to compete. Our world cannot support all these needs. If everyone lived like we do in North America we would be screwed. I know that I am much to self centered to want my way of life to end as I know it. I'm very comfortable with who I am, and what I have. But maybe different people in different parts of the world have different hierarchy's and for them their idea of happiness is different than what mine is. Actually, just reading that again I don't think so. People basically want to be loved, love others, and feel safe.
I still do not believe that violence is the answer. I know that there is no way that this can be a solution, but I do promise to never use violence towards my advantage. In ethics we talked about how our generation has such a closed mind according to one of our readings because all we do is claim that we cannot judge or take an ethical standpoint because we do not know the experiences or cultures of everyone. This is a problem though because if you do not choose a side it is simply being lazy. Why shouldn't we have the right to judge. Just as others judge me I should be able to judge myself what I would consider right and wrong. I don't want to be seen as taking the easy way out. And I think that it's ok to have an opinion on something, as long as it can be backed up. I think it's better to have an opinion and be open to listening and working with others to develop the opinion than to simply just give up.