It was assumed that humanity would eventually become much more peaceful and kinder - but the opposite is more than apparent. There are civil wars, secret wars (covert operations) there all out invasions and attempts of occupation (the reasons for them are irrelevant, those have been discussed to deathby almost everyone). There is no doubt that human beings are so violent and dangerous that not only does every country in the world have soldiers but also a police force. Although the pace of development in science and technology of humanity is formidable, but human nature has not changed in any way.
The 20th Century was full of wars, the killing, the maiming and torture went on and continues to this day. Some wars are reported intensely others are not given equal attention. The idea behind international sports events was to take people off the battlefield and bring them on the sports ground. International sports has done nothing at all – there are no easy solutions and perhaps there never ever will be.
The weapons industry is huge – this industry seeks buyers – war has been said to be good for business. Not all components of the weapons are made by a single manufacturer. Several companies make specific parts, which are sold to the main manufacturer who has them assembled.
Before fully automated manufacturing existed, the weapons industry employed a great deal of people now not that many people need to be hired. Everyone who needs weapons buys them – ranging from leaders of countries for their armed forces to people labelled as guerrillas (or rebels). To justify the acquisition of weapons either an enemy already exists, if there is none then one has to be invented. A threat either exists or it is presumed to exist.
There are two types of countries in the world. The first are those which manufacture weapons the second are those which do not, instead rely on those which make them. But a problem arises when countries which once did not have their weapons manufacturing industry do so. This goes against the interests of those countries which are economical dependent on the export of weapons. A country starting out to make weapons for its own use – is a threat including weapons that no longer needs import anymore for decades to come.
Weapon manufacturing countries make two types of weapons those which they use for their own defence which many times more devastating and harmful than the ones which they export – these are actually downgraded versions of the original ones. So the countries which purchase such weapons are actually purchasing shoddy overpriced items. Everyone knows this, which is why there is the a weapons black-market, from where all kinds of weapons can be purchased – by not only the armies of countries but also by guerrillas. The weapons black-market will never disappear as long as there is a massive demand for weapons, particularly those which are many times deadlier than ones which are otherwise available.
The most important factor which keeps the arms industry alive is that of ‘presumed danger’. The purchase of weapons is not simply for the purpose of actual combat – but to buy them so that the leaders get large bribe they receive for sanctioning the purchase of weapons.
There is no escape from war – for any reason. A war is wonderful if one is not directly affected by it. It is terrible if one is. If people are fighting is some part of the world resorting to wholesale killing and destruction it does not matter – such news is like some massive earthquake occurring some part of world one has never heard of. – the response is shrug ones shoulders and get on with ones life.
Apathy perhaps more than anything else will be the cause for more wars. More people will get killed and no one will ever care. As long as a war directly does not affect ones own life it is of no consequence for this reason the atrocity whch is war will go on.
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