Will there ever be international peace?

I can't say I take the biggets interest in international relations and politics, or that I'm part of some radical student group to end violence and bring peace to all corners of the Earth, but what we have going on at the moment just seems like such a shame.

Ongoing protests in Egypt, the never-ending war in Afghanistan, revolt in Bahrain, and intense violence in Libya are just prime examples of the mess this world is in.

Each demonstration has its purpose and its underlying reasons, sure, but let's say that we overturn all the corrupt governments and regime, will it all end? Will we achieve world peace? Or will we simply find some other reason to cause unrest, to continue to destroy what was once a glorious planet, and to cause distress and disruption to so many people?

It's not that I feel emotional about any of this; I just think that it's one big crying shame that we're like this.
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If people overturn the corrupt governments, people themselves will sooner or later become corrupt.
In order for world peace to happen, 1 country has to take over the world and wait for everyone to settle down.
However the chance of this is extremely unlikely, and even then, there might still be rebels who want power.

World peace is a fantastical, whimsical, impossible idea. Man is greedy, man is lustful, man is...quite simply put: erratic.

There cannot be international peace without a country strong enough to enforce it.

No where theres man and power there will be conflict.

Humans, in nature, are generally evil, greedy, and power hungry. Like the capitalists, they will stop at nothing until they have everything, so no peace.

nhoJeNi said:

World peace is a fantastical, whimsical, impossible idea. Man is greedy, man is lustful, man is...quite simply put: erratic.

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Blaming the problems of the world on the nature of man is asinine.
It is not man who is at fault, it is society. Man has a natural state, one that is good, but when influenced by society he is corrupted.

@Evil - I don't believe that one superpower would solve the problem of power struggles. If anything, it would make it worse. Classes would be large and many of them would have immense power and influence. If you rub one the wrong way or try to do something to limit them, they would most likely revolt. What would you do then? You're holdings would be so large that they would simply fall apart and divide themselves.

Rome, Russia, the Mongols, etc.
Many great societies have faced these problems.

@OP - I don't know if there will every be world peace, but I can guarentee that we will never know it.

I say the world should be ran by multiple leaders something to figure out.

HakkuR* said:

I say the world should be ran by multiple leaders something to figure out.

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Isn't it already...?

The only possible way is all of world united to one country, which is led by a righteous leader.
There may be some unrest, but not enough to overthrow the leader.

I agree with most of the people in this thread, the world would have to have one, single leader for anything near to world peace to happen. Even then there would still be corrupt and power hungry people who would fight to overthrow and destabilise the establishment.

Basic Economics dictates that there will never be peace. The law of economics is that there will always be 'Infinite wants, finite resources'. There will always be something that is wanted by the people of this planet that only some are priviliged to. Greed and envy are the things that will push a power to make a rash decision that upsets the rest of the nations. Two of the world's resources of causes of conflict; mainly Oil, but Wood causes some issues too. When the Oil tap runs dry, who will have last drops? Deforestation for the wood is destroying forests all over the world. Causing to conflict within the Animal kingdom as well. There will never be peace

Tumnus said:

Basic Economics dictates that there will never be peace. The law of economics is that there will always be 'Infinite wants, finite resources'. There will always be something that is wanted by the people of this planet that only some are priviliged to. Greed and envy are the things that will push a power to make a rash decision that upsets the rest of the nations. Two of the world's resources of causes of conflict; mainly Oil, but Wood causes some issues too. When the Oil tap runs dry, who will have last drops? Deforestation for the wood is destroying forests all over the world. Causing to conflict within the Animal kingdom as well. There will never be peace

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Needs and wants have nothing to do with the affirmation of war. Yes, they cause war in some cases, but it is not a definite cause of war. Take, for instance, America, there are plenty of greedy people in America who fight over companies, stocks, and wealth, but do we have wars happening? No... Why don't we have wars happening? We don't have wars happening because greed is controllable by government, police forces (Including the military.), and in some cases, morality.