What are your ideas, that if you could implement would likely stop our species from warring so much?
I’m asking for a reasonable ones, but if not - at least make them funny :P
An unfortunate combination of somehow achieving a post-scarcity, non-capitalist society with robust resource and population control.
But people are greedy and want “freedoms” that run counter to this.
Kill all humans
Yeah but eventually another primate will take our place; and there will be wars.
I think this is the only workable solution.
Humans need to evolve to a state where love, compassion and being helpful to others is ingrained. At the moment we’re just clever beasts.
Sadly though, I don’t think we have enough time.
Restructure society to value cooperatation over competition.
Break down unjustifiable hierarchies where possible and reasonable. The flatter the power structure is without sacrificing much in the way of efficiency, the better.
Agreed. This won’t work 100% but it’s probably the closest we can get.
Rename to “armed conflict” or “special military operations”
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If you see war as a struggle to get access to scarce resources and if you notice that currently humankind is depleting most of the available resources then you might come to the conclusion that if in the future we will not need to go to war something terrible must have happened. Are you sure about the future you want?
Post scarcity, de-population, or colonization of new worlds.
This is something my old history teacher once mentioned: we have games like COD and other esports titles. Just have all conflicts resolved via virtual combat instead of in real world violence
It would take way more but the first step it would be to remove religions. And not only because most are not peaceful in principle but also because some religions see others as a target. Even small difference in beliefs could spark a vicious and long standing conflic, like Catholics Vs protestants.
Kill every human, or all but one. As long as there’s at least two people, there will be conflict.
Economic democracy; if money and resources cause wars then why not let everyone have control? I will probably hear the human nature stuff but being social is just as if not more important than hurting your species/society.
Universal basic income, universal food and shelter and education.
Yeah, most wars are about resources so becoming a post-scarcity would go a long way.
Exactly. At least an average person won’t sign up to get shot at.
Since you stipulated our species, to me, the answer is an external threat to the whole. Aliens, higher or lower dimensional creatures, cryptids, flame unicorns sharting lava, even angels or demons if we want to get real wild.
Even just the threat of an existential terror such as these and probably a lot I missed, (feel free to add to the list! Feed me your existential threats!) has the potential to bring the species together to fight on a larger scale.
However this doesn’t eliminate war just moves the focus. So I’m not sure if I’ve answered your question or not but I had fun doing it!
I feel like the cultural/political responses to both global warming and COVID-19 have shaken my faith in this sort-of Watchmen scenario working out. No matter how universal the threat, seems like some groups will always find an angle to work that cuts against the “greater good.”
