Ive been thinking about this for some time now. Is World-wide peace possible? Looking at how we already have progressed in life, and of how much further we have left to go. What i have realized is this;
*note: Keep in mind some of this may seem obvious, but im trying to get everyone to understand, so please read through it all, thank you**
Early on in Human existence capital punishment was considered as the normal. 200 years ago even, the country of France would allow people to get the noose right in front of the public.. in the town squares. It was acceptable back then and although some considered it as cruel, most looked at it as lesson and later grew an immunity to the sight of a person dieing. This created a stuborn/hardened group of people. These stuborn people, who in their mind were considering capital punishment as the right thing to do, later went on to teach there offspring's the same thing. Thus a trend continued, generation to generation. Kid's who were taught to be tough,then grew into parents themselves.
Why did this killing happen? Because people did NOT know what they were really doing, they didn't see that killing is bad, not good. World wars eventually broke out, and millions of lives were lost. However, slowly people are learning that this act of war is wrong because it's hurting the human race. You can see this in the world of today. Communism is almost gone, and country vs country conflicts are using words instead of guns.
So why is this? why didn't the world do this a long time ago?
Because technology hit mainstream during WWII. Television was just starting to get popular, and provided a much need sense to which radio could not provide. Modern Civilians for the first time could see what war looked like. No matter if they were American, British, Canadian, Russian,etc.. they all saw a peace of the human race dead. At that hit home to the rest of the world.
Thanks to Technology, and time, we are understanding our faults. From hangings in the middle of the street, to just tickets/fines.. we are understanding how important we all are. Whether we know it or not, we all have a little instinct in us that cares.
You may be thinking, "but there is still murders, stealing, terrorism, suicides, we haven't changed!".
On a bigger scale we have changed, However on some levels like murders, stealing, terrorism, suicides, that change is not yet "complete". But like i said in my first paragraph there is still an up bringing of stuborn and bad kids, through bad parenting. BUT that ALSO is changing. Each generation of parents are adapting to the morals of society. 50 years ago you would hit your kid if he/she did something wrong, now a days that's not anywhere near as common. Sher there are the few cases of child abuse.. but like what i have been explaining about history, It takes time. Time to let the bad behaviors and prejudices of the people filter out. It may take 100 years or 1,000 years. But one thing is for sure, if there isn't that odd person who calls "jenga" on the planet, world-wide peace will happen.