X-1 Alpha said:bearcat22 said:I'm not a fan of war. If we could pour all that cash into pure research, benefits
might even come faster. But the truth is, there always will be someone willing to kill
you and take your property.
"Can't we all just get along?"
Yeah, no, not likely. But, violence comes in some pretty
sneaky forms. Like this:
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Neither am I.
If similar results could be achieved without having to eradicate X% of the population every few decades it'd be a welcome change, but as fun as living in an utopia would be, somehow I don't think humans are capable of ever achieving that. We are inherently violent and while this has served us well in the past, it's now becoming a greater and greater obstacle.
And if the modern western world is supposed to be the "other side of the coin", I'd say we're in a pretty bad spot no matter what.
It's rather likely that any attempt at this will end up in the same boat as communism. Nice idea - but poor execution due to our flawed nature.
Makes you wonder how things would look if an advancement similar to ours was achieved by some herbivore species instead.
Until we can somehow overcome our own nature and evolution, this centuries old adage will remain relevant: "Si vis pacem, para bellum"
So, I did not see any answer from you to my previous question:
Your signature is
Crowd control situation! *machine gun fire intensifies*
There appear to be quite a few self appointed church lady cunts eager to call such
things "advocating violence".
Are you being harassed also?
Just curious.