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Does anyone here realistically see a peaceful solution to the worlds tensions? Or even a violent one that somehow manages to sort itself out without decending into anarchy?

Do you think conflicting Eastern and Westing cultures are so opposed that the only real way of living peacefully is having seperate planets?

Kill everybody and all conflict goes away.

Well, besides me. I don't wanna die.

Kill everybody and all conflict goes away.

Well, besides me. I don't wanna die.

If you're on your own, I suspect nature would kill you quite quickly.

As to conflict, realism demands that we accept it will always be there. We can try and lower the number of conflicts, however, for example by getting to the root of poverty and trying to reduce it.

"Let the Asians and the French have their own seperate planets and the world will be happy" - Drunken Barney Gumble

The only way to solve all conflicts is to have perfect communism, and methinks that'll take some time.

ganja

From here to impossibility and beyond, in fact.

Maybe that kind of attitude is what's causing it to be an impossibilty...

The only way to solve all conflicts is to have perfect communism, and methinks that'll take some time.

From here to impossibility and beyond, in fact.

"Let the Asians and the French have their own seperate planets and the world will be happy" - Drunken Barney Gumble

The only way to solve all conflicts is to have perfect communism, and methinks that'll take some time.

Some time? You'd have to change human nature to make communism work. You're looking at waiting until we evolve to be as selfless as worker ants or until someone can alter everyone's DNA to make us as selfless as worker ants.

There will always be conflict. Sorry. The current ones may resolve themselves and new ones will arise, but it will always be with us in one form or another. Resources dwindle, ideologies divide, and conflict arises.

until someone can alter everyone's DNA to make us as selfless as worker ants.

I have an idea.

Conflict will never truly disappear, and frankly, the tension and necessity it engenders are excellent causes for technical, scientific and academic progress.

Maybe that kind of attitude is what's causing it to be an impossibilty...

Well, with your apparent ability to predict what I'm going to say, perhaps you are the man to bring about major changes? :p

Communism is about as likely to work as Jolt is. As DCD says, it's just not in human nature to be so selfless. There will always be people who take advantage of the situation, and the only way to stop them doing so is force. You're just replacing external conflict with an internal, police state conflict.

Some time? You'd have to change human nature to make communism work. You're looking at waiting until we evolve to be as selfless as worker ants or until someone can alter everyone's DNA to make us as selfless as worker ants.

Seriously, how fucking tedious would that be?

:D

Does anyone here realistically see a peaceful solution to the worlds tensions? Or even a violent one that somehow manages to sort itself out without decending into anarchy?

It would require some technological advancements, but having the world ruled by an emotionless, incorruptible artificial intelligence would help. Theoretically, its fast processing abilities and near-omniscience should allow it to invent infallible military tactics.

Unfortunately, this system would have to be designed by a fallible, emotional human - yes, it would be a learning system, but it still has to be designed (cf. the fact that a mass of human braincells does not a human brain make).

I don't know how, exactly, but I do have one silly little idea that might make a minor difference. We should remove the Human statistic and stop treating people like numbers that can be simply tallied up and considered collateral damage. It should be made manditory that anywhere that statistics like "52 died, 143 injured" occur, they should be accompanied by a list of names where known. It's both a sign of respect and a reminder of the very real human nature of these incidents, and would partly serve to prevent people from hiding from the emotional consequences of their misdeeds behind figures and numbers.

I don't know how, exactly, but I do have one silly little idea that might make a minor difference. We should remove the Human statistic and stop treating people like numbers that can be simply tallied up and considered collateral damage. It should be made manditory that anywhere that statistics like "52 died, 143 injured" occur, they should be accompanied by a list of names where known. It's both a sign of respect and a reminder of the very real human nature of these incidents.

For the first three names. Then you get bored and start eyeing up the hot blonde in the third row to pass the time.

You stop war the same way you stop most human problems, keep everyone very busy with something very hard

infinite sex forever anyone?:D