Even pacifist nations need a serious defense force. game IMPERIALISM 2 ~ ~ ~
Gary Anderson38 said:I’m praying that never happens. Just imagine—people actually doing it—and then maybe 100 or 200 years down the line, some pissed-off, warlike aliens decide to invade Earth. Who’s to say they won't do the exact same thing to their own DNA?
How exactly do you expect a bunch of pacifist wimps to defend themselves?
And look, I don't agree with you that aggression or violence is some kind of disease. It's completely normal. It's natural. It's hardwired into every living thing on this planet.
Sure, a lot of evil comes from it, but that's my point.
Humans are inherently aggressive, and no amount of nonsense about DNA or bioenergetics is ever going to change that.
And you know why? Because humans won't let it happen.
Why do you think there aren't aliens out there who are just like us—maybe even more violent?
Some people claim they're too evil to even bother, so they haven't attacked us yet. But that doesn't prove anything. Maybe they're just waiting for the right moment. Maybe we aren't interesting enough. Maybe they're too far away and it isn't worth sending a fleet all the way to Earth. Maybe we're still too primitive for them to care... maybe... maybe....
Heh,
but the point is, those "pacifist wimps" will eventually become advanced enough that they won't *need* to defend themselves because aggressive, developed races simply won't exist.
The entire (advanced) universe will be like this:
They'll know perfectly well that any malicious intent or bad action carries an immediate consequence that the perpetrator feels personally.
And... I wasn't talking about mind control—just that in the future, it will be understood
that proper upbringing is vital if you want someone to grow into a functional adult.
We'll understand which actions and behaviors ruin development...
and how to help an adult solve problems without making the wrong moves. We'll know what's okay and what's not.
And we'll know very well the consequences of picking the wrong behavior.
Because if someone is just angry and warlike—they aren't going to be traveling the stars. They'll be fighting wars in their own backyard,
wasting resources instead of investing in space missions, and ultimately destroying themselves.
(The best example on Earth is obvious—during the Cold War, the Soviets were so obsessed with being aggressive and militaristic that they let their own people starve
until those very people finally tore down the system that was forcing them into war.
Or look at our own country—what we're doing to the planet right now—threatening our own survival by messing with the climate and facing catastrophic consequences...)
And no,
you misunderstood me (which is understandable since I didn't intend to get bogged down in the details of my theory)
I didn't say aggression itself is a disease.
Aggression expressed as anger is fine—as long as it stays within reasonable limits and is handled constructively.
What's diseased is extreme aggression. In fact, extreme violence and aggression are usually just the fallout from suppressed anger and misplaced rage.
I highly doubt there are aliens advanced enough to have attacked Earth yet.
For this reason:>>
-> If there were warlike alien races, it would mean there are interstellar wars...
And we would have detected that via
Arecibo and
SETI a long time ago...
I doubt a war, if it exists, isn't loud and escalating (meaning it tends to grow and expand, rather than shrink or die down).
If there were warlike aliens with technology like in Star Trek: Nemesis --- we would have known ages ago. We would have heard it, seen it, or felt the impact ourselves.
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Make him realize that actions actually have consequences. STAR TREK: VOYAGER
