Thoughts on War

Conflict is unavoidable, But we have a choice whether to fight or not. Fight only if necessary.

I am merely suggesting that wars at this point are outdated. Name any war in recent memory where anything of note was gain. The meaning has gone from conquest and resource acquisition to simple terror and hatred. We are in a period of almost complete stalemate due to the United Nations where no country can actually gain anything through war.

Well the many proxy wars in the Cold War had things to gain for the Soviets and the U.S although depends on what you mean by recent memory. I wouldn't say the UN is the reason for less war, Russia and the United States have ignored them/used their veto when it was convenient for them . Really I think the issue is that a full scale war would be far too destructive or just too expensive for whatever the reward is. That's just the new decision calculus: is the payoff from the war worth the cost of what it takes to wage it? The answer is usually no. Although like I said warfare evolves, and I think cyberwarfare is the new front now. Whether that leads to anything is a different discussion.

The way I see it,war is just a 'necessary evil' on this world. First of all,all living beings,including human beings,are driven by their savage instincts,no matter how illogical they are. More specifically,the human race,the supposed 'logical and divine' being,has become a much more monstrous beast even from the real ones.But the real problem is that he descents to so barbarous a state for literally ridiculous reasons.At least in nature,no matter how cruel the actions of the animals are,can be explained,sometimes easily,other times with great difficulty,through natural selection and such. In our case,humans show cruelty no only for protection,but for reasons such as,idealistic ones,like die for your country and become a hero (aka a dead man) or financial ones like money(literally a piece of paper,although it is an important tool for survival in a 'civilized' society. Although,some of our most important breakthroughs are derived from these situations,as a result,war is also a motivational force,as a means of progress through gore and violence.And sadly,such a thing could not happen in a peaceful utopia,since the lack of motivation(considering that in this kind of society,there is no such a thing as capitalism,which is one of main factors of initiation and sustainability of warfare). In short,I agree that war is a terrifying act with disastrous consequences for both size alike,but trying to stop it,is just impossible,since is in our very core,and even if we stopped it,we would lose our progress' acceleration process