A World Without War Now That’s An Alternative Setting

A World Without War Now That’s An Alternative Setting

After reading the stuff on Alternative settings, I imagined a world without war.

This kind of alternative setting might be even more important than a world without poverty.

Poverty isn’t the biggest issue facing us, rather its war; it is the continuous armament of the globe. Nothing else is in as much opposition to the basic humanity of the globe, as the continuous armament and use of weapons. Some armed conflicts are necessary, like WW2 and many others. But it’s only possible to know if a war is justified with hindsight. It’s very important never to presume that we know whether the outcome of a particular war will be justified or not. According to the Dalai Lama the Korean War was also justified because it gave South Korea, a chance to gradually develop a Democracy. The Dalai Lama proposes that all countries gradually reduce their weapons, at the same time.

First Nuclear Weapons have to be removed, then mass casualty, Chemical and Biological Weapons, offensive weapons, and finally defensive weapons need to be eliminated. At the end that only a security/police international coalition remains and that it is equally represented by each country, no matter what the size.I’m not sure if eventually the equally represented coalition should rid itself of weapons.

If every nation, no matte what the size had equal representation, then that would be the major step toward creating a stable international community.

The world spends its resources and money on what? Well, it spends a huge percentage on war. Huge, I’m not sure how much is spent, but its huge “Of course, the immense financial dividend reaped from the cessation of arms production would also provide a fantastic windfall for global development” (http://www.dalailama.com/page.63.htm).

“No matter what the case may be, I feel that a compassionate concern for the well-being of others - not simply for oneself - is the sole justification for the use of force.”

http://www.dalailama.com/page.44.htm