>Perhaps you think this implies that peace will never be possible? I don't think so. Peace is possible, but it hasn't been tried seriously, so far.
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>"World peace is not only possible but inevitable."
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>"Whether peace is to be reached only after unimaginable horrors precipitated by humanity's stubborn clinging to old patterns of behaviour, or is to be embraced now by an act of consultative will, is the choice before all who inhabit the earth."
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>(From: "The Promise of World Peace")

It hasn't been tried seriously? You imply that it is some universal state of being, like "hot" or "cold". "World Peace" is an imaginary concept, a societal nirvana that is unobtainable as long as there are competitors for anything.

The simple fact of the matter is that all life on this planet, from the simple single-celled organisms to complex human societies, compete with each other and themselves for resources. Granted, it is at various levels of intensity, with war being the most destructive, but it (competition) has happened since the dawn of life on this planet, and will continue until there isn't.

Societies, like animal species, must grow, or they die. There is no balanced state, no point of harmony with other societies; the number and continuously changing composition makes reaching a harmonious equilibrium a mathematical impossibility. Every great empire - Rome, Turkey, Russia, Great Britain - grew to a point where it was no longer able to, either thru competition with its neighbors, the inability to effectively govern itself in the entirety, and/or internal apathy and corruption. And, at that point, the collapse was inevitable, and other societies expand to fill the void.

This "grow-or-die" rule is, in my view, one of the very few provable rules in this world, and applies to all groups on the planet: animal species, human societies, even corporations, all have to compete with each other to some degree to get even the most basic of resources to survive. This rule, coupled with the fact that a human society generally resists collapse (or is actively expanding), practically guarantees the inevitability of war. Societies may declare a period of non-conflict ("peace") between themselves for some time, but eventually, competition resumes again, either between the original belligerents, or between other societies as they in turn rise or fall.

So, no, I don't believe in "World Peace".