The picture that goes in my head whenever I think of the word conflict is that picture in some animes where two rivals look eye to eye and then an electric like light go against each other. In some ways this is how to describe conflict, as opposing parties have because of opposite goals. I would incorporate this to a conflict between two nations where one wants what the other wants to prevent. Or even in political campaigns. In my opinion conflicts are actually what slows down the process of change for the better but is still inevitable. A variation in perspectives prevents conflict to be fully rid of as there are always more than one way to look at the picture. And since everyone comes from different parts of the picture, everyone has a different way in looking at it. For an example, Hitler really believed that killing Jews would actually be better than not killing them, and obviously those countries that opposed Germany then thought otherwise. And so conflict was there and a war started. Could this have had been prevented? Maybe, if Hitler was convinced otherwise or if those countries who opposed him was convinced by Hitler otherwise, but is this even possible. And if it were possible, there would always be a we perspective that would come up and spark conflict.
So in answering the question, can we move beyond conflict, I realized that we need not remove conflict but we just need to handle it in a more productive manner. Conflict is actually there to motivate critical thinking so that whatever action people do, is a product of a well thought of goal and plan. But it just so happen that some conflicts were pushed overboard because either sides of the conflict were to hard on their side that wars were actually the thing that needed to happen. if there were something else that could have had ended it? Who knows, how do we know what could have had happened otherwise? So in handling conflict in a more productive way maybe one way of going beyond it.
Globalization gives the world a new identity of being united. And through this, ideas, minds and perspectives start to look more uniformly and this could actually be the answer to handling conflict. Since people will look at things more similarly, the wavelength of the different perspectives wont vary as much and a productive way of handling the conflict will occur. Maybe a one world order is also an answer to this, but then what will happen next? As a one world order would imply the end. (if you know what I mean.)
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