Worlds We Live In

A world without a single military is not so unfamiliar. This world exists here and now, though you may fail to notice it, or choose to disregard it.

This world, our world, is free of arbitrary beliefs and values, and so a world free of differences in arbitrary beliefs and values. In this absence we have no need for a military to defend our dogma. In this world, we are dictated by neither god nor government. In this world, we know only what we know, and we simply live.

Here, battle ensues and death at the hands of another occurs. Here, however, battle is purposeful and death is meaningful. We battle for land and territory, and the death of an individual determines the survival of another. We fight and we kill for no reason other than that most fundamental force of nature, survival of the species. In this world, evolution is god and government.

We are often referred to as creatures of inferior intelligence, or savages. We do not live in houses, we eat the blood and flesh of other animals, and we live according to ingrained instincts. We are incapable of philosophical thought. We have no religion, and so we do not kill in the name of a holy entity. We have no government, and so we do not kill in the name of political ideology. The notions of wealth, privilege, culture, and class are notions far too complex for us to grasp, and so we do not kill in the name of superiority or inferiority. Our world is diverse, far more diverse than the world that's been created around us, yet our world is balanced, and all of us who reside here are equal in the most fundamental sense of the word.

No, a world without military is not so unfamiliar. It's the world we live in, the world we have always lived in, and the world that will persist following the downfall of this species more sophisticated and the world of their creation, and eventual destruction.