Are wars really necessary? Do we thrive on conflict?

I have a deep question that I'm pondering. Are the wars throughout history and today really necessary? Why can't all world leaders just make compromises and mutually beneficial agreements like reasonable adults? Ever wonder about that?

I don't really see how or why wars are really necessary. They seem engineered or orchestrated for some diabolical or nefarious reason. For example, the two world wars of the 20th Century don't seem necessary at all. The official causes of them sound contrived, like they were created for a comic book or movie. When Batman movies and cartoons show Bruce Wayne's parents getting killed in the back alley by a mugger for no reason, it looks contrived and set up to give Bruce Wayne a reason to become Batman. Likewise, something about wars seems contrived and staged. They don't seem like a logical necessity. Or do they?

The corporations and leaders in countries like America that start wars seem rich and well off. It doesn't seem like profit would be their only motive in starting an unnecessary war (like Vietnam or Iraq). Could there be more going on than the public thinks? Could wars also be an "Illuminati/occult sacrifice ritual" for the dark occult rulers of this world, as some conspiracy researchers suggest? (such as David Icke, Jordan Maxwell, Michael Tsarion, Mark Passio, etc.)

There is a saying that, "The organizing principle of society is war". What does that mean exactly? Does that mean that war is a necessity for the existence or harmony of society? If so, how and why?

Or could it be that whoever or whatever runs the "matrix" or "computer simulation" that we possibly live in (Google "Simulation Hypothesis" or "Nick Bostrom"), considers peace to be boring, so they have to engineer constant conflict and wars?

After all, think about this: If a movie showed only peace, harmony and goodness, would you enjoy it? Would you pay to watch it? Aren't movies only interesting if there's some kind of conflict involved? Could the same be said of reality as well?

Likewise, would you play a video game that had no conflict of any kind? Wouldn't such a game be boring and not worth your while? Don't game designers need to program conflict, challenges and obstacles in them to make them worth your while?

Could the same principle be at work in real life? Does this explain all the seemingly staged and unnecessary wars and conflict in the world?

Does life itself thrive on conflict and challenges? Would existence serve any purpose without them? Is peaceful existence without conflict or obstacles even possible in the universe or matrix that we live in?

Does our existence serve as mere entertainment for the creators of our matrix reality? Or do we serve some useful purpose to them?

What do you think?

It is necessary if you want to preserve your life or stop a genocide. Was it necessary to fight Hitler? He only killed millions of people. Was it right to risk American life and limb to stop him before he killed more? I think so. If you have an enemy who wants to kill you, should you just let him kill you or should you fight and hope to live?

There is unnecessary War and Necessary War. What are examples of unnecessary Wars, well The Revolutionary War, The American Civil War, The War in Kosovo and I think the Korean War .
What are unnecessary and immoral wars, The War against the American Indian culture and way of life, The War against Mexico, The Vietnam War and the Iraq War,the killings of millions of hindus in India by Mughals are all wars that should not have happened at all.

So its not that all wars are unnecessary but yes most of them are.

There is only one cause of war - Humans

and there are only three reasons for war - power, greed and religion.

Take away the above ingredients and we do not need war.

double post, sorry

As long there is a tyrant among us, there will always be a war. Need I explain any further.

Peace

Originally posted by michael1983l
There is only one cause of war - Humans

and there are only three reasons for war - power, greed and religion.

Take away the above ingredients and we do not need war.

Four reasons power,greed,religion and stupidity-You need enough dumb bunnies to be convinced that they need to arm themselves and kill their fellow man.....and isn't that most of us?

and realise that no good ever comes from war ,

I believe the victors would disagree with you.

Well until someone can show me some evidence of corporations running our war machine I will have to look at the evidence we know about.

Bush did build a consensus of politicians and other nations before going to war with Iraq, gave them time to reverse course and so on and we did get hit on 9/11 and did take out those in Afghanistan because of it.

Its fun to delve into secret reasons but we both know that none of these secret reasons are every proving to be true. Maybe if you have a list of corporations who profited and by how much that may be a starting point to make your claims.

But there have always been people who ultimately profit from a war, that doesn't mean they are starting them. Its easy to make this claim but very difficult to back up with evidence.

People do not thrive in conflict. Watch children, and note the kind of safety, care they require. They are learning to overcome the outer conflict in them as they grow into fine people.

There is a group that does benefit exclusively from wars, diseases, crime, dysfunctional homes and families, child abuse, that benefits from all that is the most hellish things on earth, financially and via the power it affords them, there is a group that (though it is one already and they merely follow lines, for they are a part of legion, and beehive) plays there roles as separate nations and dominates the lives of humans, there is a group that is so weak and twisted it requires slaves. They can be found in public office, they are members of the Skull and Bones, Bildenburg, Trilateral Commission.

I don't consider them "human" or "humane".

all war is deception

create fear, easily control

s/f, powerful questions all that fight need to ask