Why be good?

[dyresand]

the fact that we can live in relative peace, in some parts of the world at least, I think shows we are generally "good".

Rob-

Are you too young to remember what Hitler tried to do to England during the blitz? Good grief, man, how can you as an Englishman speak of "relative peace" when A) we Yanks have had to come over and save your butts twice and B) the world is poised for round three as we speak?

Russia wants the Ukraine and more.
China is building an island in disputed waters in order to establish a military base upon it.
N. Korea could go nuclear on S. Korea anytime the "highly evolved" leader of that country orders it.
Iran will attack Israel the first chance it gets...you can bet on that if not on a tub of sweets.
ISIS will attack Europe and the US as soon as possible.
And here in the US, we're just one or two more unarmed black teens shot and killed by cops away from all-out civil war.

Do you really think we're "generally good"? And in each of the cases I listed above, why shouldn't the aggressors move against those they perceive to be weaker?

That's how evolution works.  

G'night, everyone. Great discussion. Thanks.

ISIS is not that strong to attack Europe or the US at most they convince 2 or 3 morons to do something even then NSA is like bitch please we know what you are planning on doing.
N. Korea they seem relatively peaceful.
Russia they aren't exactly something we should worry about we still have the cold war mentality that we need to give up, all in all they are in no position to fuck with us looking at 
how be economically they are currently doing. 
China it doesn't really matter either they are literally top dog they could literally take over America they own us well not the country but in a way they do own us literally. Why else made in china things are so cheap and well now being more expensive. Also they have a bigger military and are advancing as well. Their latest tank MBT 3000 and were still using Abrams yeah.. we need a new MBT. 
As far as race thing goes cops shooting unarmed black people its always been a fucking thing. Racial biased has always been a issue no one is admitting it but it is true.