It's In Our Nature

How long will it take to have the various cultures and religions of the world to break down old social beliefs and learn to tolerate one another?

I would think that in this age of information and technology we could come to a mature agreement on how deal with global interests on a civil level. Yet years go by and the same old wars rage on. Centuries of debate, diplomacy, and war have still left the world in a state of conflict. So is there a chance for world peace? No.

Why? Well it's just impossible. In order for everyone in the world to get along we'd all have to be conformists. We'd all have to think the same way and believe the same things. The idea that someone wouldn't fight for their beliefs is ludicrous.

It's just not in human nature to be content, and certainly not in these times. Look at marriage; the most fundamental of human relations between two people, and yet more than half of the marriages in the U.S. end in divorce. So if half of us can't handle a relationship with just one other person how is it feasible to think that we could maintain a healthy rleationsip with the rest of the world.

Personally I think the world is doing pretty damn good. We've had nuclear weapons for centuries now and, between Russia and the U.S., we have enough fire power to destroy ourselves ten times over.

This is just the newest age of international relations. It's not that hard to imagine a second cold war. Given time another conflict will always arise. We can't help but argue...it's in our nature.