08-01-2016, 03:25 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-01-2016, 03:28 PM by APeacefulWarrior.)
Sure, there are those who want war for its own sake - but most of them aren't in direct positions of power which allow them to start one easily. And those who are in power still have to answer to their own backers. Even the most autocratic of dictators still has to have an apparatus backing them and tacitly approving of their actions for them to be able to run their country. These are people responsible for industry, media, internal security, and soforth.
Without the support of the lords, and to a lesser extent the commoners, a king is powerless no matter what powers he has on paper.
Just look at North Korea. There's no question Kim Jong-Un is a crazy bastard. He probably would start a war if he could. However, NK is also DEEPLY reliant on China for, well, almost everything from electricity to food. If China ever removed their backing of NK, the state would collapse and probably within a matter of weeks. So, Kim still has to dance to China's tune, no matter how bellicose he is. The alternative would effectively be suicide.
More or less, the modern world -as I see it- is evolving to a point where there are simply too many disadvantages to large-scale war for any self-interested person to engage in it, no matter how bellicose they may be. The only exception would be those so utterly fanatical that they would be willing to risk highly probable self-destruction just for the sake of seeing the world burn and, thankfully, such people are few and far between.
(Now, if ISIS ever managed to get their hands on a nuke, then I'd be worried.)
Basically, look at the part of that Ra first quote you didn't bold: As fourth density occurs there is a new planet and new physical vehicle system gradually expressing itself and the parameters of bellicose actions become those of thought rather than manifested weapons. This is exactly the situation I believe we are moving towards now. Battles of ideology and currency, rather than warheads.
And I consider that a massive step in the right direction.
Without the support of the lords, and to a lesser extent the commoners, a king is powerless no matter what powers he has on paper.
Just look at North Korea. There's no question Kim Jong-Un is a crazy bastard. He probably would start a war if he could. However, NK is also DEEPLY reliant on China for, well, almost everything from electricity to food. If China ever removed their backing of NK, the state would collapse and probably within a matter of weeks. So, Kim still has to dance to China's tune, no matter how bellicose he is. The alternative would effectively be suicide.
More or less, the modern world -as I see it- is evolving to a point where there are simply too many disadvantages to large-scale war for any self-interested person to engage in it, no matter how bellicose they may be. The only exception would be those so utterly fanatical that they would be willing to risk highly probable self-destruction just for the sake of seeing the world burn and, thankfully, such people are few and far between.
(Now, if ISIS ever managed to get their hands on a nuke, then I'd be worried.)
Basically, look at the part of that Ra first quote you didn't bold: As fourth density occurs there is a new planet and new physical vehicle system gradually expressing itself and the parameters of bellicose actions become those of thought rather than manifested weapons. This is exactly the situation I believe we are moving towards now. Battles of ideology and currency, rather than warheads.
And I consider that a massive step in the right direction.