Every war and every battle has a long-term effect on the quality of life we live, the quality of air we breathe, and on the sustainability of our natural ecosystem.
So there a time has to come when we will reach a critical point of sustenance, post which any further war will bring catastrophe for every living soul.
So what's you opinion on how far we are from this point of no return?
As for the critical point in maintaining conditions favorable for life on Earth, it is possible that it has already been exceeded. The idea that a larger community, or even all people on Earth, will come to a common conclusion and make politically effective decisions that something needs to be stopped and something needs to be started on a global scale is fundamentally wrong, because people are not capable of overcoming the currently existing political structures. The decisions you wrote about could only be made by people in power and in the event of a disaster that directly threatens them. But by then, of course, it will be much too late to avoid it. What is the deepest motivation of people in power is the desire to gain and maintain it, and not some common good serving all people in a given community, in a given country, or around the world. So there is no hope for the future for us, because decisions about arming and preparing for further wars have already been made and the current political structures are capable of doing so. And they are not suitable for actions, at least on a similar scale, to save the natural environment on Earth. I don't know what we should do in this situation. Protests and appeals to politicians do not work. The world is ruled by people like Putin or not much better.
ZJ
and that's why this rush to explore alternate habitative options?
Perhaps the answer is never, example Easter Island /Rapa Nui, civil war to near extinction. And the rat experiment Universe 25, population density reaches a point of frenzy and crazy behaviour. War is the human mechanism of preventing over-population, a moving target due to agric tech, green revolution of crops, vertical farms, etc. Wars stop due to mutual benefit, or elimination or lifespan of dictators and dynasties (ez Zimbabwe) who benefit from war and cold war. Ultimate default is seriously low population. Environmental impacts have never played a role, eg Easter Island. Human behaviour never changes (Zipf etc).
The point will be called as 'Spirituality'. Oneness of the universe is the feeling point where everything is calm and smooth. That should be develop in every heart. And this is a little challenging... I think
Dr. Md Sarfaraz Ansari.