To quote Albert Einstein, "So long as there are men there will be wars." I agree with the genius. If you want to see an end to war, you will have to end the human race.
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Originally Posted by tecoyah
I for one, would welcome our peaceful overlords
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I for one would find such a department within our government or within any multinational organization to be most disturbing. I believe George Orwell created a "Ministry of Peace" that in truth did nothing of the sort.
The very name of a department of peace opens itself up to being used to take advantage of the trust of the populace to enforce a peace. Similar things have been done before, after all what could be wrong with a government organization designed to protect. Perhaps even call this organization a "protective team", seems to be no harm there, at least until you translate "protective team" into German. Suddenly you have the term, "Schutzstaffel", which when abbreviated becomes "SS". The SS was created within the National Socialist (Nazi) Party and was responsible for many of the atrocities committed within Nazi Germany. But I guess "protecting" that which is important to your country is a good intention.
How do you give someone power or authority without corrupting that person? Corruption leads to greed, lust, desire for more power, all of which are on the path to war. Take away the power structure and you have anarchy which eliminates the possibility for peace.
War has been started from something big like desire for conquest, something as small as a single murder (World War 1), or something as insignificant as the outcome of a soccer game (1969 between El Salvador and Honduras). In my view, if a war can be started because of the outcome of a sporting event, then it becomes clear to me that people can find any excuse to start a war. If people can find any reason to start a war, then there will always be war, it is inevitable.