We Are Own Worst Enemy!

What would happen to the world as we know it, if we decided to just stop fighting amongst ourselves for land and power? Instead we look for ways to unite our common goals and make this world one. When are going to learn to concentrate on bettering ourselves, compared to depending on our need for greed. In this time and age, we live with the fact that without money, land and power, we cannot live. If someone is not rich and famous, or own land, then that person has no real impact on this world today.

Throughout human history we have seen many changes in our worldly societies. The one constant has been a need to conquer one another and possess the others land or power. In the eight century a wave of conquering energy appeared in Scandinavia. Norway, Sweden, and Denmark threw up war bands of formidable fighting men that ravaged southern Britain, who in addition to all their martial qualities, were the hardy rovers of the sea. (“The coming of the Northman”, englandandenglishhistory.com) The Vikings were just one example of a people who had a thirst for greed, but they did contribute to the countries they invaded. By their presence on different lands, the invaded population had to learn to defend themselves through combining their efforts and putting aside their foolish differences.

The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterized by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean in Europe, Africa, and Asia. This conquering power lasted from 27 B.C. to 393 A.D. Even though they had their need for greed to expand and take what they wanted, through war and slaughter of innocent people, they did contribute to many different cultures. The Romans were the first to use a public sewer system to keep households free of disease. The only downside was that one you had to be of wealth to receive clean water in home. The non-wealthy weren’t so lucky. The Romans saw knowledge as a way to better everyone and help certain people to gain a position in government. In our own country, our “Forefathers” started our government with very similar ideas close to how the Romans managed theirs. We shared the same idea that the people and elected officials help run the country, not a king or Cesar. We did have our dark moments as a country that was still growing. The Native Americans saw the land that they had once owned, stripped from under them without remorse. Land that they were willing to share but our government’s early greed conquered the need to be fair. We’ve had our fair share of battles with different countries and dictators that didn’t see freedom as a given. Governments have been reformed due to our involvement. Knowledge has been gained through our interactions with other countries.

In the fictional future world of “Star Trek”, our human society has progressed from separated governments to a unified world government. This was all possible due to greed finally getting the best of us all and another World War breaking out. Governments collapsed and the human race was reduced in numbers. Our only saving grace was the knowledge of one man, whom invented the ability to warp. Giving us the ability to go faster than the speed of sound started a whole new chapter in the human race. Now we had a way to reach distance stars and search for much needed resources. We started to see that money and power were our destroyers. To better ourselves by educating, made us reach farther than we ever could imagine.

It’s in our nature to destroy ourselves. We just need to find a way to break the cycle and think clearly for a minute. Eventually, it might just take another World War to wake us up as a human race.