David Guchua
Form 11 ‘A’
January 17, 1999
THE
CONFLICTS OF THE MODERN WORLD.
A
COMPETITIVE SOCIETY.
He, who
commands the past, controls the future,
He,
who controls the future, conquers the past.
-KANE-
In
this composition I would like to discuss the conflicts of the modern
world and the consequences of the competitive society. Being asked
about this I usually start with a competitive society. Because this
is the thing we face in every day life and always ask one question
ourselves: ’Why have we created the world full of troubles and
problems whereas we ourselves live in it?’ This sounds really
paradoxical but it is true. For instance, the taxes in our country
bring so many troubles to people who want to start their own business
that they simply have to find ways not to pay them. Thousands of
examples all over the world can be given here but the idea is that,
understanding all this, we do not try even to improve anything.
On
the other hand competitive life exists even at school where pupils
are to participate in a so-called ‘racing game’ which is
based on gaining better marks and results in everything. This idea is
not new that is why different people at different times tried to
solve this problem. The most famous is the of about social equality.
The idea of social equality is really silly, to my mind, because
there will always be one who will think that he is better than the
others and just only due to this we will not ever get equality.
On
the contrary, if there is no competitive society there is no
development. It is of no use of aspiring to the best. Nothing but a
competitive society made a man make a flight to space. Besides,
there were a lot of other discoveries, which improved the life and
social conditions, which happened only due to competitive society.
I
believe, that there exists only one solution. It is nesessary to
develop the competitive society limited
with a strict law. Because we do not realize that this competitive
society reflects Darwin’s theory about survival but on a higher
level. Moreover, we do not realize that the last level of such
development is a war.
From
my point of view, the problem of a war is the most urgent problem
nowadays due to the invention of new high technological weapons and
weapons of mass destruction. It is extremely important to bear in
mind that the only horrible thing, which will ever happen, is the
third world war.
Wars are
counterproductive and useless. A war has no explanation. But why do
wars start? According to history wars can start because of the
territory division, problems of religion, envy, misunderstanding
between diplomats. However, there are many other reasons why a war
starts. The main idea is that people do not usually understand the
causes of war and do not understand its reasons because politicians
usually decide weather the war should start or not. But let us pass
over to the history of wars.
The main idea is that the first
thousand male human beings were ever gathered together, they belonged
to an army, and large-scale slaughter of people happened soon
afterwards. Moreover, the first army carried such weapons as spears,
knives, axes, perhaps bows and arrows and its strength did not lie in
mere members but in discipline and organisation. In addition, drill
is what transforms a mob of individual fighters into an army.
Therefore, the basic forms of military drill are among the most
unchanging elements of human civilisation. Though every man died his
own death, what happened was quite impersonal during the battle of
well-drilled armies. The result is that thousands of men would die in
half an hour, in an area not bigger than a couple of two football
fields. Consequently, a question immediately comes to mind: ‘How
could men do this?’ The reason is that a formation of drilled
men has a different psychology, which tends to overpower the personal
identity and fears of the individuals. In conclusion, people will
kill if they find themselves in a situation where their own survival
is threatened and due to this anybody can be persuaded and
manipulated in this way.
But
the war has changed through the ages in some ways. First, the reasons
of war somehow differ. Besides, the scale of wars has changed. In
addition the technology has greatly changed and plenty of new weapons
have appeared. But war has not changed in one thing. It is suffering
it brings.
If
you want my opinion then I am sure that I will never fight in a war
if I do not understand the reasons and aims of this war. The only
thing I will fight for is my family. Maybe, you are surprised because
I haven’t said ‘motherland’ but I will not fight
for my motherland if I find it’s politically wrong or not
suitable for me.
Besides,
what really irritates me is that a lot of important facts are
neglected in our history books and, reading them, you get the
impression that the Second World War for instance was nothing but a
set of dates and
battles. This makes the younger generation misunderstand the reality
of war and
understand it thoughtlessly.
Finally,
let’s hope that there will never ever happen any war and there
will be the time when people will understand all the uselessness of
war.
912
words.
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