World War 1 and 2 were terrible events that happened in human history. I can't imagine living in a time where there is a World War currently happening. I don't know whether or not I'll be involved in the war. Personally, I don't agree with wars and I think that instead of sending people who have absolutely nothing to do with the argument or disagreement that started it in the first place, we should instead have the leaders that are part of the problem to duke it out themselves. I think that instead of millions of lives lost for senseless wars then it would just be the leaders who, really care less about anybody else, that should be fighting to their deaths. I think in this way, we would have less fighting going on since these people would not want to risk their own lives for a senseless argument. I think we would have more peace in the world.
On the other hand, the world is close to or at over population already. Wars definitely decreases the amount of people on the planet by millions. I know it's a bit morbid to think this way but it's just an alternative point of view and there may be some truth to the matter.
We are still faced with smaller wars in our lifetime and there are areas who experiences fighting battles each day. There are probably a good number of countries out there who are constantly faced with rebellions, coup attempts or just various in-fighting within itself. I know in the Philippines, especially in the south, there are constant battles happening and this has been ongoing for the good 40 years that I've been living. This is actually not bad compared to stories that I've heard in countries within Africa and South America. In some countries in Africa, even children carry machine guns and kill people. Such a terrible thing.
The really sad part about this is that we may have yet another big war within the next 1000 years. A truly global war that would decimate a good part of our planet and kill millions, maybe even billion or billions of people. Then again, this could be some kind of cleansing if you look at it a different way.
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Communism and Socialism are such taboo words in American language. These are bad words and people who speak of them are considered evil by some in America.
If you actually take the very basic premise of Communism then it actually isn't such a bad idea. I think would actually be nice to have some kind of equality amongst people. It would be fair to everyone and you wouldn't have the greed that you would have such as you do in a Capitalist economy. What makes Communism bad are the corrupt and evil people that ran and controlled it. They abused and misused their power. It also doesn't reward people for having great ideas or inventions. I'm sure many people can make lots of arguments against Communism.
Socialism is actually a bit better in which the government have lots of programs for its citizens. The government takes care of the welfare of its people. Again, I think a lot of people in America oppose to this idea and would rather have a free for all society in which everyone is up to their own well being without having any assistance from the government.
I personally do not like the fact that I have paid a lot of taxes and don't really get a lot in return. When I was unemployed, the government couldn't even provide me with basic medical insurance. What upsets me even more is that they spend my hard earned money on ridiculous and unnecessary wars and gives trillions of dollars to countries that they blow off with these wars. The government can't even provide us with jobs or necessary improvements to our country.
I think, to be fair to everyone, we should all be taxed a flat rate and no deductions, exemptions or tax breaks. The rich pay less and less taxes because they are able to write-off quite a bit. The poor don't have any write-offs available to them so they still pay their taxes accordingly. Life is just unfair isn't it.
