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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWill We See the Emergence of a New International Government?
I can't help but wonder if the increasing strength of NATO will bring about a new world power that includes the EU, most of North and South America, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and other countries who will stand together to oppose authoritarian, dictatorial powers. We're going to need to stand together as one to defeat powers like China, who will want to increase their strength.
The ultimate goal on the agenda of some persons might be the creation of a type of world government that would prevent the possibility that would see what we're seeing now from ever happening again -- the showdown between two nuclear powers. Besides, it seems that if humanity is to ever become a universal force, we're going to have to find a way to overcome our differences and learn to respect others. If we don't understand that, how can we ever learn to interact with persons from other planets/dimensions?
Chainfire
(17,308 posts)It is the billionaires of the world. The world community will not come together over peace or justice. We can't even unite our on United States, how do you think that will work worldwide?
Haggard Celine
(16,820 posts)The wealthy seem pretty united, with a few who are philanthropic. They generally want to increase their wealth, though, and that usually comes from our expense.
It's also true that Americans can't seem to unify over the most basic principles.
But what I mean is, will people across the free world come to some sort of consensus and work together to stop countries from being taken over by dictators and threatening world peace? Especially countries that have nukes? There really should be a way to stop this from happening again. If it has the possibility of destroying the world, there should be a way for the world to intervene and stop it from happening.
Chainfire
(17,308 posts)Haggard Celine
(16,820 posts)You don't think it's possible for humans to learn from our mistakes and move forward?
Chainfire
(17,308 posts)The only difference in us now and a thousand years ago is that we now have the ability to wipe our our species, in a day and by choice.
Our species, as much as we don't like to admit it, aren't really as smart as we think we are. What intelligent species play the games that we are doing today, with the stakes as high as they are?
Yea, we have made some cool toys, but we spend the bulk of our wealth on making preparations to destroy our world neighbors. When we rattle our sabers, we are saying, that our children and grandchildren do not matter as much as our national pride.
As a species, we have not matured enough to learn that you don't shit in your own nest.
Haggard Celine
(16,820 posts)I hope you're wrong, but I can't prove you are. It seems like every time we try to fix a problem, we create a host of new and bigger ones.
But we have learned that appeasing dictators gets us nowhere, and that those who try to work together for the common good should stick together. These are related to universal truths, though, and aren't really anything new. Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, they all taught about compassion.
I think that out of these beliefs in compassion, a desire arises for others to also see how great humanity could be if we worked for the greater good. But selfishness and greed are our downfall.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)I count us in the latter category, optimistically.
Haggard Celine
(16,820 posts)We're passing bills everywhere to keep people from voting. Jim Crow everywhere. People should demand to be allowed to vote on Election Day. If they're fired for leaving to vote, they should be allowed to sue their place of employment. That bullshit needs to stop.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,788 posts)/sarcasm. Sarcasm tag off because the posts below are what some at the FReak site believe
friend. Biden and the Deep State must stop the truth about Ukraine
from getting out, at all costs.
7 posted on 2022-03-02 by stockpirate (Where Justice
Ends Tyranny Begins...Repression Breeds Violence)
23 posted on 2022-03-02 by Kazan
Xi is working with Trump , Putin and Mock to get rid of the NWO. I
keep hearing in alternative media that Ukraine is first, then Taiwan,
NK, Iran and Israel last. Trump and the military will take care of the
US. In fact I would not be surprised to see the military step in
before the midterms because they want to count the vote.
22 posted on 2022-03-06 by Georgia Girl 2
Haggard Celine
(16,820 posts)I heard that Sarah Palin is building a bridge across the Bering Strait so the truckers in North America can join the ones in Russia and stand with Putin and ride across Europe together. Then they'll go and take India and China. We need a united front to stand against the aliens! We'll have a united front to stand against the New World Order. So we can stand against the united world together. Oh, wait.
jcgoldie
(11,584 posts)Its hard enough to hold together the national government we've got.
Haggard Celine
(16,820 posts)And right now I feel like it could go either way. I want to believe that there are a majority in this country who are good and won't let Trumpers take over, but we have some wealthy, powerful forces against us.