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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
Humanity failed a long time before those bombs were dropped and it fails on a daily basis thousands of times.
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It has, but I am optimistic about the future.
The world is contracting with the advancement of information technology, even the most oppressive regimes have had to give up some authoritarian control for economic prosperity. Only North Korea seems to not be making any progress.
China is gradually easing their grip on their citizens, they may still have evil practices and policies, but it is a much better place for it's citizens to live than it was 2, 3 or 4 decades ago.
Technology is starting to make our resources go further, solve previously unsolvable problems, and improve the health and well being of people the world over. Africa may be regressing, and it is a huge problem that the world needs to do more to fix, but we are increasingly better equipped to help them build themselves up. If only we had the will to do it.
I think that with the increase in communication and information technology, we will see barriers of mistrust and hatred crumble. I think we are starting to see this in the Balkans today, and in what few Marxist states remain. Cuba has been easing its authoritarian control even before Castro got sick.
The world is gradually moving away from ethnic nationalism and marxism. The democratic powers are learning lessons about how to improve conditions in the world. They learned in bosnia and kosovo that a soft hand from the international community was inadequate, and they are learning in Afghanistan and Iraq that you need to build up the infrastructure and economies of those countries if you want any hope of peace.