Wilson World Peace Analysis

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Wilson’s points to help achieve a more moral world, may sound perfect, flawless even, but will fail. Countries will always have secret agreements, economic barriers do not just disappear, and the number of weapons does not shrink overnight. A congress of all nations would give all the power to the people in this congress, who will most likely want more power, and then we have a supreme ruler. All countries will not be represented equally and impartially, because as demonstrated throughout history, when you give a mouse a cookie, he is going to ask for more. When you give a country equal power, they are going to ask for more. Yes, little to no weapons sounds fantastic, and world peace sounds remarkable, but world peace is what pageant girls

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