[Don't worry, there's bound to be one day where Josh doesn't get pointlessly philosophical, and then they can laugh at everyone else together!
Today is not that day.]
It lacks an understanding for why people fight; or why other people kill. If world peace is predicated on everyone also being happy, then in order to be happy, people would have to be allowed to be individuals. Individuals will invariably clash when they come into contact with people they disagree with, or whose lifestyles do not make them happy. Thus, they will naturally come under conflict, and on a large enough scale this could lead to fighting, or even war.
Which is to say nothing about people that may be happy simply fighting others. But if they are not allowed to fight for the sake of peace, then they won't be happy.
Now, if world peace does not require the basis of everyone being happy in order to be achiever, then the best way to achieve that is to impose uniformity; if everyone is the same, then there is no reason for people to argue, fight, or kill each other. However, if everyone is the same, then invariably there will be people who are unhappy, because they will not be allowed to be themselves and do what makes them happy. Even if they are provided for in every other way.
That's a very basic summation of the paradox, of course, but you get the idea.
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Today is not that day.]
It lacks an understanding for why people fight; or why other people kill. If world peace is predicated on everyone also being happy, then in order to be happy, people would have to be allowed to be individuals. Individuals will invariably clash when they come into contact with people they disagree with, or whose lifestyles do not make them happy. Thus, they will naturally come under conflict, and on a large enough scale this could lead to fighting, or even war.
Which is to say nothing about people that may be happy simply fighting others. But if they are not allowed to fight for the sake of peace, then they won't be happy.
Now, if world peace does not require the basis of everyone being happy in order to be achiever, then the best way to achieve that is to impose uniformity; if everyone is the same, then there is no reason for people to argue, fight, or kill each other. However, if everyone is the same, then invariably there will be people who are unhappy, because they will not be allowed to be themselves and do what makes them happy. Even if they are provided for in every other way.
That's a very basic summation of the paradox, of course, but you get the idea.