Want is a natural human thing, and from want stems greed, whatever you desire is in possession of some one or something else. If you cannot get it through diplomacy, you will resort to more direct ways. If those fail, violence will always be the solution.
on a space war server, I wanted the space of a planet due to it's massive amount of ore rich asteroids, but the owner of it said "No, it's mine." I needed it to fuel my ship and load my guns. So what did I do? I promised six guys that they'll get a slice of it. I needed it, and so did they, and under my banner we destroyed the owner of the planet.
I believe, Humanity will slowly move away from warfare with each other, and I think, that moment will be when humanity discovers another intelligent species other then ourselves, now if we start waging war with them or they with us, we won't know till we get there.
I believe, and have observed that Humanity is both infinitely violent, infinitely compassionate, and the closer you look the more you'll realize that slowly humanity is moving away from violence. Humanity always learns something from war, in World war one, we learned that maybe the world should work harder and prevent such a loss of life like that. World war two taught us that compassion and team work will trump violence and evil, it united powers that normally would be enemies to fight "True Evil".With each major conflict, we learn something more about our selves, since the stick and stone humanity has been killing each other, we've done it so long that yes, yes it is part of being human, but we must look at what's been at the heart of the conflict. People say "War never changes" when in reality, yes, yes it does, the tactics, the weapons, and the map changes but all that is moot compared to what really changes, Humanity. The peoples reason for going in to that conflict ALWAYS changes, never mind why nations go to war, that's just old men sending young ones to their deaths, I'm talking about the people, the people who go in, and risk their lives in that conflict, the reasons always change, wither its "Because its the right thing to do" "Kind and country" or more compassionate reasons such as family, friends.I believe, Humanity will slowly move away from warfare with each other, and I think, that moment will be when humanity discovers another intelligent species other then ourselves, now if we start waging war with them or they with us, we won't know till we get there.Warfare is as big of a part of being human as Compassion and love, but we must also remember that war in always changing, and we must let it change for the better, we shouldn't be going to war over profits, we should be going to war over human rights. We shouldn't be going to war over religion, we should be going to war for freedom, for all people. And it is up to each and every one of us to change war for the better, but remember that sometimes, at least for now, the deeds and deaths of the few, is sadly needed for freedom to survive due to this "Lust for power" that ya'll speak of.Sorry if this post is a bit all over the place, but this is a topic I feel very compassionate about.
The great Prussian general, Carl von Clausevitz, once said, "War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means". So you can imagine how war first became a part of human nature: One tribe of hunter-gatherers was not faring well, where as another was. The poorer triber would ask the other to spare some food, as they were starving. However, the more successful tribe would refuse. They had problems of their own, and they worked hard for their food. They don't see how helping a tribe of possible competitors will be of any benefit to them. So, desperate and hungry, the poor tribe decides that if the others will not listen to reason, then they will have to demonstrate their desperation.Of course, conflicts nowadays are now more complex, and some (Such as Hitler's invasion of Poland) seem to have no ties to diplomacy at all. So it is my theory that, like the idiot who yells in all caps in OOC because he knows he will get attention, most people are skipping diplomacy and going straight to violence because they know for a certainty that a reaction will be made.