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Unifying around freedom makes sense to me. Unifying around fraternity sounds entirely circular. Military service doesn't sound like a way to unify the world --

Unifying around freedom makes sense to me. Unifying around fraternity sounds entirely circular. Military service doesn't sound like a way to unify the world -- who is the enemy? Unifying around a business is about producing/creating. That is a major common ground in the world and has (in my opinion) created a lot of peace. It doesn't feel like a complete answer, though -- for instance China still feels very distant despite our economic ties.

dane-pgp 4y ago
> Unifying around freedom makes sense to me. Unifying around fraternity sounds entirely circular. If fraternity were the only goal then I would agree with you. "Working together to achieve the goal of working together" doesn't make sense. But it does make sense for a society to identify fraternity as a core value, since it is a principle which is applied when trying to achieve other societal goals. > Military service doesn't sound like a way to unify the world -- who is the enemy? The enemy could be anyone who is working against that unity. Alternatively, if the consensus towards unity is so strong that no one ever tries to use violence against it, then the military could be devoted to humanitarian causes like disaster relief.