The 20th century wasn't a good start for making a modern world as we had the 1st and 2nd World Wars which destroyed quite alot of Europe in many ways, and then we had Vietnam that destroyed some of Americas reputation and Vietnams jungles.
After all the wars and the calmity do you think that the world is getting a little more peaceful or destructive to our own beautiful planet?
Do you think that people are starting to get the message from companies and are being self-aware of the pollution that is affecting our world, or are we making more factories and destroying the wildlife more and more, making less and less of our planet?
What is your opinion in all of this?
Historically speaking there is FAR less violence today than in the past.
I think we're getting more peaceful, the only problem is that we still have wars. Because of the introduction of stuff like video games and many other things, crime rates have decreased. Murders probably happen less often now because we have the technology to catch criminals much faster and more efficiently, which probably discourages more criminals nowadays. Even though we have explosives that do way more damage than any other weapon of the past, we've been getting much smarter to how we use those items of war. Now we just need to become friendlier to each other if we want to advance farther, otherwise the next WW3 could happen, and who knows what will happen if that takes place. But humans never change, there will always be some sort of evil taking place somewhere.
Nuclear bombs kind of stabilized us, so there aren't any major wars going on and most of the conflicts in the future would probably be between armies and smaller militia.
'Guess there cannot be virtue without violence.
As stated, we are comparably more peaceful than the past.
But we're still too violent. That's just humanity, though. It won't ever change.
i think its quite hard to tell because we dont really know what is going on behind closed doors and there is still a lot of political instability in the world which could spark something at any moment
The firepower that developed countries possess today is unthinkable. Most of the world's most powerful economies have nuclear warheads, armies, intelligence agencies and other military-related facilities at their disposal. So this world is theoretically much more violent than it was... a century ago.
However, on the flip side, because so many countries have this fearsome power at command, I think they are more afraid of a mutually assured destruction more than anything else. So this balance of power is somehow keeping the world from blowing itself up.
As we get more ability to be super-destructive, we get more peaceful.
We have the potential to destroy the world, we just don't do it.
The world has become less violent, but way more passive-aggressive. in all ways.
Humans have selfish, crooked natures by default. As we're nearing the era where worldwide oil provisions are depleted, I expect a violent, worldwide race against the clock to obtain the last bits in like two decennia.
[QUOTE=Tuck2103;32638401]Humans have selfish, crooked natures by default. As we're nearing the era where worldwide oil provisions are depleted, I expect a violent, worldwide race against the clock to obtain the last bits in like two decennia.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, it's not like we're developing other alternatives or anything :rolleyes:
The global military situation hasn't changed much since the Cold War in regards to MAD. None of the major world powers will go to war against each other because there will be nuclear retribution. Alternatives will be found.
[QUOTE=Chrille;32638861]Yeah, it's not like we're developing other alternatives or anything :rolleyes:
The global military situation hasn't changed much since the Cold War in regards to MAD. None of the major world powers will go to war against each other because there will be nuclear retribution. Alternatives will be found.[/QUOTE]
Oh believe me, we are. Yet I doubt the efficiency of these alternatives, seeing as most of them are emissionfree thus expensive. Perhaps they will become cheaper in future, but as long as there are cheaper ways to pollute the atmosphere and power your vehicle, people are indifferent about the consequenses.
Which answers the second question in this threads statement: No, we'll continue to fuck up the world until it fucks us back.
Nuclear deterrence has kept us in line through fear.
Everywhere else isn't going anywhere good.
We're getting more peaceful, I think. At least in the way we act to each other. If you go 200 years back, people would kill and rob each other for the smallest things. And if someone broke the rules just a bit, they would get executed without any question. Go 500 years back, and there were way more wars than today.
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And for just 50-100 years ago, there was a lot of wars. We are living in a time right now with no bigger wars. Any wars there might be right now are too small to be heard of.
More violent, crime just seems to be getting worse.
The crime rate has dropped astronomically over the years, it's the lowest it's ever been and is projected to sink further. We're gradually becoming more peaceful as the new generations assume control of our systems, more and more people becoming freethinkers and whatnot.
We're still finding more and more efficient ways to kill ourselves, so yea we're still pretty damn violent.
It also has a lot to do with region and climate.
With America nowadays,more destructive
[QUOTE=carcarcargo;32644148]More violent, crime just seems to be getting worse.[/QUOTE]
It [i]seems[/i] to be getting worse not because it is, but perhaps because we find it more abhorrent.
With globalization occurring peace will increase
I personally feel like it's a little bit of both. Wars are getting more destructive, but at the same time, we're slowly, very slowly starting to better our ways.
I do think we're getting more peaceful.
People are given more proper educations about the world so they won't have misjudged ideas about hating people for being different, society has law and order to prevent criminal actions, a system within the law and order removes anyone who abuses their power, and a complex system of trade allies most of the worlds countries to make warfare a far too economically risky action.
Its slowly getting more peaceful because the governments in power are now strong and advanced enough to enforce peace, and cooperation between nations helps this.
In places with less government control or the such, violence tends to be a bigger issue. In around 500 to 1000ad an entire society arose in Europe in which violence was an accepted fact of life and the only way to reduce it was to place your trust in the local lord. Since then a government has been able to more effectively control violent situations and prevent new ones from arising.
To ensure peace, you must prepare for war.
Hallowed be thy name, in the beginning there was no sin.
Nuclear and biological weapons made large scale wars between each other virtually non-existent, smaller conflicts will happen more most likely, but no nuclear armed country will risk attacking another one as the world would probably be destroyed. If we expand into space and if by some chance encounter aliens, then we will probably act aggressive toward them, it's in our nature to want to control everything.
I'm not really sure, to be completely honest.
What we see in the news, what with the mess in Africa, the Middle East blowing itself to pieces, Communist aggression in the Pacific with China rattling it's sabre and North Korea antagonizing South Korea, riots every which way, and economic collapse, is just about the worst humanity has to offer at the moment.
The problem is that we have no idea what to compare all of this negativity to. The news hardly ever reports on [B]GOOD[/B] things, and that's why they make so much money and have so many viewers. Modern man loves to fret, and worry about every little thing. What if that happens to us? What if my neighbors a terrorist? What if the Chinese invade? [B]WE HAVE NOTHING TO COMPARE IT TO IN THE PUBLIC EYE[/B]. In a way, we live in times far more peaceful than in the last 200 years. There haven't been any more world wars, the Cold War stayed a Cold War, democracy seems to be an evermore present thing in the world at large, and humanity as a whole seems to want to take a more active part in it. There is no "Red Scare" (at least, not for me, I'm not too worried about the so-called "Chinese Aggression"), and terrorism as a whole seems to be taking a downturn.
So, I guess if you compare things to how they were even a few decades ago, yes, we are less destructive. However, we have far more to worry about in the grand scheme of things. It may seem idiotic or incomparable, but nuclear annihilation during the Cold War was far less likely than economic collapse and terrorist insurrection are today.
War is a really good motivator for innovation and advancement of the human race, sorta like the permanent war in 1984
Both, typically as a society we're embracing a much more peaceful lifestyle than say even 100, 200 years ago.
The big thing that counteracts that is how AMAZING we are at turning each other into dust with technology.
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