Is world peace possible? Can everyone get along in the world? Is there anything that can prevent world peace? If world peace was possible would it last forever or would it be a momentary bliss before more war? Peace activists, hippies and idealists around the world have asked these questions. However, world peace is impossible.
People all around the world have to have at least one enemy that they truly hate. One area includes racism. Some people think that they aren't racist to any kind. That's a lie, because everyone is racist in some sort of way. You might not think your racist but you really are. Racism is the main reason people hate each other. In subtle moments you do things like locking doors when a race comes along or blaming them for taking a job or resorting to a stereotype. Out of the racism and bias you can eventually justify a war.
The word friendship is a very strong word. People might not think it's a strong word but it is more powerful than making "friends" on Myspace. If there was friendship all around the world, countries would not have to waste money for war weapons. There would be no reason for world wars to happen. People all around would be hand to hand a never ending chain. If only people thought of that. It's a great idea. However, friendships end and no one has the capacity to make friends with billions of people. Even if whole nations were friends, wouldn't that just be an alliance? Isn't that what caused world wars?
One hope people point to is children. Some kids around the world aren't hateful or violent or racist but their parents might be. The parents would be telling bad things about the people they hate until they to hate the same people their parents do. Hatred is the main reason that world peace is impossible. What's so hard is that so much of the hatred is disguised as justice or doing what's right. Sometimes we fight wars because we think it's for another nation's own good.
World peace might be possible because of the for a few reasons. First of all I doubt that anyone likes being involved in a war. If we just let people be then we might be able to obtain peace. We can also try not be nosy and not get involved in other peoples problems. We can also try to get along with other but we don't have to like them. All of those ideas work in theory, but it seems there is some drive connected to power that compels us to start war. So, though it might be "possible" it is highly improbable.
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