Considering that's all we have then we must be doomed.
If it were just up to man, that would be the case. Not necessarily , from wars, or bad government, but also from the ruining of the earth. This is something everyone has a responsibility for. But then there are some who have no control, over this, they all ready have nothing. But these ones are victims also.
Or, the process by which nations rise and fall could just be the evolution of our social and governmental systems?
It has been this way from very early times, even small tribes do things the same way as governments today. There is always friction between groups and even in a group. That is what man does.
As people that are interested in science, would you not have to agree that the evidence from all of man's governments to date, is that the world today is in more peril than in times past. Not just from military weapons, but from the destruction of the earth it'self. Governments have let this happen. Now how do they stop it. And will the people let them.
There maybe no governments left to evolve.
By the way, this is the same thing you would see if evolution ( of life) actually happened.
Where you can fit people says nothing about over population or otherwise. It's to do resources available where you are, or immediately available. to you
Yes this is correct. It really is distribution of people and material needs. What we have now is over abundance in some places and not enough in other places. Over population in some places and huge open areas in others. Governments are responsible for this. We are distributed ,, by factors of nationalism, ( this is ours and not yours), financial reasons, ( people go where the money is, which can be based on greed or just survival) some times it's just social thinking. Governments can not control all of that.
There is a limitation on what man can do when trying to rule. It won't work if people don't go along with what the governments thinks is best.
What man needs is something they all can agree upon, and is more important than anything else. It's a third party. Man will not trust another man or organization to rule the world. The UN has tried to fulfill this role at least as to wars. But if some country doesn't like what they say they just ignore it.
This third party, is built into man. There are so many examples of this.
Some turn to government to satisfy this , it is something they can come together with as a group, and some might chose another party and they go with that group. They will even die for this. For some it is religion, there are so many types of religions, that they will defend to the death. Even isolated tribes have some kind of religion. For some it is money, that will save them. For others it is other teachings , like science or atheism, something else.
The dictionary says a religion is:
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1. a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe.....
This is why man will never to able to rule successfully. We need a third party, that we all can trust!