Противоречия современного мира. Конкурентное общество (english)

David GuchuaForm 11 A January17, 1999THE CONFLICTS OFTHE MODERN WORLD.A COMPETITIVESOCIETY.He, who commands the past, controls thefuture,He, who controls the future, conquers thepast KANE- In this composition I would like todiscuss the conflicts of the modern world and the consequences of thecompetitive society. Being asked about this I usually start with a competitivesociety.

Because this is the thing we face in every day life and always ask onequestion ourselves Why have we created the world full of troubles andproblems whereas we ourselves live in it? This sounds really paradoxical butit is true. For instance, the taxes in our country bring so many troubles topeople who want to start their own business that they simply have to find waysnot to pay them. Thousands of examples all over the world can be given here butthe idea is that, understanding

all this, we do not try even to improveanything.On the other hand competitive life existseven at school where pupils are to participate in a so-called racing game which is based on gaining better marks and results in everything. This idea isnot new that is why different people at different times tried to solve thisproblem. The most famous is the of about social equality. The idea of socialequality is really silly, to my mind, because there will always be one who willthink

that he is better than the others and just only due to this we will notever get equality.On the contrary, if there is nocompetitive society there is no development. It is of no use of aspiring to thebest. Nothing but a competitive society made a man make a flight to space.Besides, there were a lot of other discoveries, which improved the life andsocial conditions, which happened only due to competitive society.I believe, that there exists only onesolution.

It is nesessary to develop the competitive society limited with a strict law. Because we do not realize that thiscompetitive society reflects Darwin s theory about survival but on a higherlevel. Moreover, we do not realize that the last level of such development is awar.From my point ofview, the problem of a war is the most urgent problem nowadays due to theinvention of

new high technological weapons and weapons of mass destruction. Itis extremely important to bear in mind that the only horrible thing, which willever happen, is the third world war.Wars are counterproductive and useless. Awar has no explanation. But why do wars start? According to history wars canstart because of the territory division, problems of religion, envy,misunderstanding between diplomats.

However, there are many other reasons why awar starts. The main idea is that people do not usually understand the causesof war and do not understand its reasons because politicians usually decideweather the war should start or not. But let us pass over to the history ofwars.The main idea is that the first thousandmale human beings were ever gathered together, they belonged to an army, andlarge-scale slaughter of people happened soon

afterwards. Moreover, the firstarmy carried such weapons as spears, knives, axes, perhaps bows and arrows andits strength did not lie in mere members but in discipline and organisation. Inaddition, drill is what transforms a mob of individual fighters into an army.Therefore, the basic forms of military drill are among the most unchangingelements of human civilisation. Though every man died his own death, whathappened was quite impersonal during the battle of well-drilled

armies. Theresult is that thousands of men would die in half an hour, in an area notbigger than a couple of two football fields. Consequently, a questionimmediately comes to mind How could men do this? The reason is that a formationof drilled men has a different psychology, which tends to overpower thepersonal identity and fears of the individuals. In conclusion, people will killif they find themselves in a situation where their own survival is threatenedand

due to this anybody can be persuaded and manipulated in this way.But the war has changed through theages in some ways. First, the reasons of war somehow differ. Besides, the scaleof wars has changed. In addition the technology has greatly changed and plentyof new weapons have appeared. But war has not changed in one thing. It issuffering it brings.

If you want my opinion then I amsure that I will never fight in a war if I do not understand the reasons andaims of this war. The only thing I will fight for is my family. Maybe, you aresurprised because I haven t said motherland but I will not fight for mymotherland if I find it s politically wrong or not suitable for me.

Besides, what really irritates me isthat a lot of important facts are neglected in our history books and, readingthem, you get the impression that the Second World War for instance was nothingbut a set of dates and battles. This makes the younger generationmisunderstand the reality of war and understand it thoughtlessly. Finally, let s hopethat there will never ever happen any war and there will be the time whenpeople

will understand all the uselessness of war912words.