The Realistic Ideal

At the age of 20 years, 5 months, and approximately thirteen days, I have decided that I want to change the world, or at least initiate a change in the world. I hate the phrase one man can't change the world. That's B.S. entirely. Want to know why I voted for Obama? Because I believed not in his promises, but his motto: Change. And guess what? We have had change. First black president and the troops have mostly been withdrawn from Iraq. As for his idea of universalizing health care, I stand behind it but should it fail I don't care.
Back to my point. I believe in the potential for humanity to co-exist peacefully. I believe in absolute freedom of choice and belief. What I don't believe in is the idea that people can't help who they are and there's no real hope for humanity. I lose my faith often, but deep down I know the truth. To the people who oppose Obama, or come off as strict conservatives, or overly liberal, or sensitive, or heartless, or pure evil, or excessively pessimistic or optimistic; it isn't their fault. They're just ignorant. And before anyone takes offense, words are neutral, your interpretation of them isn't. People jump the gun and assume certain words are negative. No your rendition of them and how you're feeling interprets a words meaning to you. Ignorant originally meant just not knowing something. Similar to oblivious which now brands people who are 'oblivious' or 'ignorant' stupid, which they are not.
So about the way I want to change the world. With education. Real education. Educating people about how to better their lives and the lives of the people in their community, or county, or city, or state, or parish, or region, or country without harming their environment or the neighboring peoples. Contrary to popular belief it IS possible. ZOMG! It's difficult, and that's exactly why people would rather go to war than work on peaceful resolutions. My point is, peaceful cohabitation of the world is completely possible. It's not some far-fetched ideal of some idiot pacifist. If you educate people on how to properly utilize that their region is rich in, and how to be reasonable in their actions with neighboring lands, and understanding of people's differences we can have peace. Africa is rich in diamonds and poor in damn near every other aspect. If the workers are treated fairly and paid reasonably, there'd be no need for rebellious guerrilla insurgents. If alternative sources of energy were focused on more and projects furthering such were funded better, there would be no wars for fossil fuels. People have a tendency to forget that they all have the same basic needs.
Instead of educating people on a history built on bloodshed and oppression, why not educate them on how to improve their living conditions and promote progress. I believe in positive reinforcement. Unless you're sociopathic, it works. Have a little faith in your fellow man. Do something good out of the goodness of your own heart and I'm sure it will spread in some way. Be willing to educate those who are unknowing or unaware of the world around them. Teach everyone that they have feelings and what it means to nurture those feelings. Teach them what it feels like to do something good. Teach them that skin, language, color, sexual preference, talents and certainly not social class should be a barrier that divides us.

This sucked immensely. Like..it was really REALLY bad. It came out better while I was actually thinking. I tried to just recreate the idea I had instead of letting it flow naturally. My point still stands. Education is the only real chance we have at peace. I'll rewrite this later.

"Peace be it of mind or body, should be one's ultimate goal." - Chris Nimz