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Debate: Converting to a global peace economy
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* '''Food insecurty is a main reason for popular uprisings taking place in a number of countries in early 2011.''' The global food price index rose to a record high in January of 2011.[http://www.npr.org/2011/01/30/133331809/rising-food-prices-can-topple-governments-too] Lester Brown, of the Earth Policy Institute, pointed in February of 2011 that the world is one poor harvest away from chaos. [http://www.earth-policy.org/plan_b_updates/2011/update91] | * '''Food insecurty is a main reason for popular uprisings taking place in a number of countries in early 2011.''' The global food price index rose to a record high in January of 2011.[http://www.npr.org/2011/01/30/133331809/rising-food-prices-can-topple-governments-too] Lester Brown, of the Earth Policy Institute, pointed in February of 2011 that the world is one poor harvest away from chaos. [http://www.earth-policy.org/plan_b_updates/2011/update91] | ||
- | * '''Military forces, as in Libya in early 2011, are sometimes used to suppress popular uprisings.'''The International Criminal Court prosecutor stated that the use of military forces in Libya could be a crime against humanity.[http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE71R0H820110228] The bloodiest war fought in the history of the United States was its own Civil War.[http://www.historyguy.com/american_war_casualties.html] | + | * '''Military forces, as in Libya in early 2011, are sometimes used to suppress popular uprisings.'''The International Criminal Court prosecutor stated that the use of military forces in Libya could be a crime against humanity.[http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE71R0H820110228] The bloodiest war fought in the history of the United States was its own Civil War.[http://www.historyguy.com/american_war_casualties.html] Who is the enemy if we are all citizens of planet Earth? |
* '''Military forces are poor protection against terrorists.''' | * '''Military forces are poor protection against terrorists.''' |
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Would we be more secure if military expenditures were replaced with better management of our planet's resources? |
Background and Context of Debate:Global military expenditures in 2009 exceeded $1.5 trillion.[1] Better management could include and not be limited to: supporting farmers in converting from industrial-chemical agriculture to organic farming; developing clean, renewable forms of energy; extending Internet access to all citizens of planet Earth. This debate takes place in the context of the human population growing to about 7 billion people by April of 2012, which is also when close to 3.5 billion people will have access to the Internet.[2] Half of a population is frequently considered to be a quorum. It is unlikely that the United States, which accounted for $661 billion in military expenditures in 2009 by itself,[3] would approve a plan for demilitarization unilaterally. A global referendum could take place in April of 2012 that would demonstrate that it is the will of the people worldwide to convert to a peace economy. Some of the questions to be considered in this debate are: Are there better measures of national security than military might? Would transitioning from industrial-chemical agriculture to organic farming improve our security? Would developing clean, renewable energy supplies improve our security? Such questions and the pro and con arguments are presented below. |
Are there better measures of national security than military might? | |
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Would transitioning from industrial-chemical agriculture to organic farming improve our security? | |
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Would developing clean, renewable energy supplies improve our security? | |
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Would extending Internet access to the entire human population improve our security? | |
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