Almost from the beginnings of wars there have been people gathering in groups or organizations clamoring for world peace but it never happens. For example: https://theowp.org/about-us/
It sounds good and impresses young college students but somehow if we are honest we see it never comes into practice. In short it isn't wanted. But why? Why is something that is wanted actually not wanted and the bottom line appears to be "might makes right."Here at the Organization for World Peace (the OWP) we believe that Peace is Possible and we want to convince people around the world that there are alternatives to war, conflict and violence. We offer critical analysis on key issues , including peace and conflict; foreign affairs and diplomacy; human rights; and environmental degradation. In debating these issues we aim to educate and challenge dominant ways of thinking.
The OWP proposes peaceful alternatives to the status quo of war and violence, proving that there is an alternative path that leads to better, more peaceful outcomes. It is our view that global affairs are not a zero sum game, and that we can all benefit through cooperation, fairness, and peaceful relations.
I propose that there is a reason why world peace is impossible. If you agree so much the better. If you disagree and insist that world peace is possible through education, please explain why.
Anyhow I'll begin with this Simone Weil perspective:
The whole problem according to Simone is the loss of our human power of impartial attention which enables a person to receive from above. Without this power we are drawn to justify ourselves through duality: arguing yes or no. Being fixated on the shadows on the wall in Plato's cave we cannot experience why all people are sacred. It is alien for cave life which argues good and bad. Humanity as a whole cannot look down on itself and verify the foolishness of cave duality. Without this awareness I'm forced to conclude that world peace is impossible. Life in Plato's cave and being fixated on the shadows on the wall assures that humanity as a whole will follow the natural cycles described in Ecclesiastes three concluding with the cycle of war and peace."The combination of these two facts — the longing in the depth of the heart for absolute good, and the power, though only latent, of directing attention and love to a reality beyond the world and of receiving good from it — constitutes a link which attaches every man without exception to that other reality.
Whoever recognizes that reality recognizes also that link. Because of it, he holds every human being without any exception as something sacred to which he is bound to show respect.
This is the only possible motive for universal respect towards all human beings. Whatever formulation of belief or disbelief a man may choose to make, if his heart inclines him to feel this respect, then he in fact also recognizes a reality other than this world's reality. Whoever in fact does not feel this respect is alien to that other reality also." ~ Simone Weil