What is your idea of a perfect world? Why do you feel this way?
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Hmm, to ignore for a moment the usual ignore all political things policy I have for content here...
My idea of a more perfect world would be one with less fighting and more cooperation.
A single unified government and military across the world...
It's always been my believe that political parties and "playing politics" is a waste of time. Whats right and what needs to be done is what should be done, if you go with what your party says and it is against what you feel is either, why bother?
People in power should use that power to make things better, not squabble over it. That is one thing I do like about FDR, during the great depression President Roosevelt went to work. He didn't sit on his ass, he tried to solve problems and get people working on the right track.
As opposed to say, spending 8 years arguing back and forth between the Jackasses and the Elephants and getting nothing done. That's what the world needs, people that will fight to make it a better place instead of bitch over the color of the bike shed!
If the world would work together, we could do so much more... The hungry? If every one did some thing they would be fed, The sick? If every one did some thing they could be cared for... But no, most of us do nothing... I remember comparasons in church of the people to the body of Christ. If the entire world could work towards a goal, it's best minds, every nations resources, so much could be done.
I think if we had a single government, as opposed to one (or more) in every country it would be easier for us to focus.
Who cares if he is a different religion? Be it a Christian, Jew, Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim. American, Russian, Japanese, African, white, black, polka dotted, apple or orange, man or woman it matters not so great, we are still one people! A human is a human, by any nationality, by any creed, by any sex. Work needs to be done, not on the national level but on the universal level.
But I think, knowing people.. That odds are such an idea of a unified mankind is only a possibility in the world of Science Fiction. I remember I once had an idea for a set of short stories, where we had begun to explorer space until one day a Chinese ship was destroyed by an alien craft.
The nations of the world forced to unite under one flag to stand against the invaders or die. The idea that I had, was that for each country two leaders would be elected. Each the head of their own (country sized) district. Like a Khan and SaKhan of the clans of BattleTech. One would stay and minister over the affairs of state while the senior of the two would represent the district in joint-council. Where every part of the alliance would have a chance to make there voices heard.
The biggest super powers, leading the road and the power of each vote being factored by the population count. Thus, countries such as The USA, Russia, and China (the 3 main earth factions in the stories) would hold enough sway to be interested in being involed. Yet calculated in such a way that they could still be opposed. Such a system ain't perfect but when faced with annihilation it sure sounds nice eh?
Some of the designs I drew up for ships of war, were based on the concept that it was a hodge podge fleet. Made up of what ever forces each space-capable country could put together for earths defense, and the increasing attempts to build around a standardized group of tools. Each Marine with the same 6.4mm bull pup style assault rifle. Each ship with the same set of sabre and tri-star fighter craft and the like.
In fact, one of the short stories was to be a rescue mission to save the engineers behind the most successful technologies, the Sabre class fighter and the new 'ship of the line' that would create an Assault Frigate to be feared by the enemies capitol ships.
I honestly think, until such a threat or some other reason big enough to force us to do so. That the world will never stand united, unless they must stand as brothers and sisters in arms or become a field of corpses.
In World War II, the people in the US worked together. The soldiers went off to fight, those who stayed worked to give them the tools to win the war, almost every one helping. Today, I wonder if we could even muster half the effort of a few generations ago unless we too had such cause to take unified action. Let along a snow balls chance of the entire world cooperating for any thing but the most serious of goals.
A perfect world for ****me**** however, now that is an easy thought to think about. The things I want in life, nothing more.
Although, considering my families part in that... I think getting people into an human-wide organization for the betterment of the world would be easier lol.
It's crowded in worship today
As she slips in
Trying to fade into the faces
The girls' teasing laughter is carrying farther than they know
Farther than they know
CHORUS
But if we are the Body
Why aren't His arms reaching
Why aren't His hands healing
Why aren't His words teaching
And if we are the Body
Why aren't His feet going
Why is His love not showing them there is a way
There is a way
A traveler is far away from home
He sheds his coat
And quietly sinks into the back row
The weight of their judgmental glances tells him that his chances
Are better out on the road
CHORUS
But if we are the Body
Why aren't His arms reaching
Why aren't His hands healing
Why aren't His words teaching
And if we are the Body
Why aren't His feet going
Why is His love not showing them there is a way
Jesus paid much too high a price
For us to pick and choose who should come
And we are the Body of Christ
Chorus (2x)
If we are the body
Why aren't His arms reaching
Why aren't His hands healing
Why aren't His words teaching
And if we are the body
Why aren't His feet going
Why is His love not showing them there is a way
Jesus is the way
-- If We Are The Body, Casting Crowns
I think that song shows some what the problems of this world. And if you've ever seen a dedicated body at work you know what they can do.... Now if only it was on such a grand scale.
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