Apathy.

[Ivramire]

Yes, the world will never change unless we all do something, but apparently there are a lot of apathetic people out there because the world isn't changing into something like Jikanu's vision, is it? Too many people have peace right now. Unless something big happens, something that can motivate everyone to do something, I doubt the world can become fair, much less utopian. And this big thing has to be something disastrous.

Again, I think destruction before creation. It sounds kind of cruel, but I really think that while we may get far in the road with peace, we'll never really get there without something big, something that'll make us learn our lesson. It doesn't matter how hard you try with peace, there is going to be some people that just aren't committed because they've already got what they need. It takes a disaster to bring everyone to their senses.

If you don't get what I'm saying, look at global warming. Everybody knows about it, but there are few people who have stopped using cars because they want to stop it. The only way we'll realise how bad it is is when something awesome (the original def) happens. That's just the way humans are. We never understand what we had before it's gone.

Sometimes peace isn't the best way to stop violence.
Might be rough for the generation that goes through it, but the later generations will love them.

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A good example to use is the one of Global Warming, and more specifically for the point I'm going to use, the previously high gas-prices. Unfortunate fact of life; a lot of people won't give a damn about something unless it affects them personally in some way.


Millions of lives affected by the actions of a few highly-industrialized countries? Polar Ice-caps melting? Why should I care? People do start noticing however when they have to pay some part of the price. That came home for a lot of people when oil jumped to it's highest prices for as long as they could remember, as well as every single time they had to fill-up their 15/MPG cars. It hit them right where it hurts, not in the head, not in the heart, but in the wallet.


Undoubtedly, there are those people who were and are moved by more unselfish motivations, who use periods of adversity to jump-start change and foster awareness. Those people however are a bit harder to find.


Caring enough about things to invest time and effort into them demands a lot from the people it takes from. Some people just don't have that much to give. It's good to aspire to something greater, but without actual action and something more than words, noone's not actually going to change anything.