Weapons, terrorism and wars are even more damaging. In addition to the physical damage they do, they destroy cooperation between humans.
War is a big part of mainstream culture. In each country, there is usually official pro-war propaganda and unofficial (underground, grassroots) anti-war culture. In the past, thinkers called for global peace and global cooperation for the good of all - these peaceniks were considered dissidents and were prosecuted. Nowadays in more liberal countries, these peaceniks are less often prosecuted and sometimes allowed by governments to speak publicly and publish their books. Some government officials and leaders sometimes utilize globalization thinking and rhetoric, but it is very rare for them to be consistent and honest in their pursuit of global peace.
Why is it that the global peace idea is not truly accepted in the main countries?
The answer is that it is not governments who really run the politics. It is an international military-industrial complex (abbreviated MIC) that controls the governments and minds of masses. Since humanity globally disconnected and fragmented, its parts and layers compete with each other. Originally, in the distant past, the strongest military forces were taking control and proclaimed their leaders as kings. As the democratic ideas became more popular, they evolved into a new form: the strong military step in the shadow and play pretend to be ruled by a democratically elected government which these military forces secretly manipulate. The military-industrial complex involves also financial power and is largely international. Even wars fought between countries are largely orchestrated and initiated secretly by the military-industrial complex which benefits from weapon sales on both sides.
Nowadays many people at the grassroots level realize the criminal nature of the military-industrial complex. The most vocal and popular speaker denouncing publicly the global conspiracy of the military-industrial complex is Alex Jones. Books by David Icke explain the history and conspiracy part of the conspiracy, with the main book by Icke on the topic "The Biggest Secret". The book "Financial Tyranny" by David Wilcock explains the financial part of the conspiracy. An older book "Pirates of Sacred Spiral" by Leonard G. Horowitz, outlines the medical crimes of the MIC.
Clearly, the activity of MIC is against the interests of humanity. Many independently thinking people realize that, but the ideas of war, competition, aggression and xenophobia are programmed into masses by governments and mass media controlled by the MIC.
Due to conspiracy and deceptions, there is always much confusion about who is on which side. For example, people who want good for their country are called patriots. Most people that are called patriots want to fight wars against presumed and real enemies of their countries.
People, who want international peace, are often considered traitors. International Organizations officially intended to promote international peace are secretly controlled by the international component of MIC.
Since MIC is largely international and ideas of global peace are international, MIC is typically taking over globalization initiatives and sabotages them. It is like a disease of suicidal madness.
The most efficient solution to the problem is education. The activities of MIC are only possible because of secrecy and conspiracy. The emergence of the internet and freedom of sharing the information already largely undermined the ability of MIC to keep things secret. Examples are the appearances of whistleblowers on YouTube reviewed by David Wilcock and Project Camelot. There exists a grassroots culture that cannot be hijacked due to the lack of structure.
For example, the ufology research has been hijacked by the MIC via MUFON and similar organizations. But hijacking grassroots movements is not possible since they are continuously spontaneous. The most efficient way for MIC to undermine grassroots counterculture is to constantly feed it with disinformation. So far people can tell truth apart from disinformation by analysis of sources and style of information. Often fakery can be identified by textual and presentation styles. Currently, MIC started running into financial troubles, so the amount and quality of disinformation it can produce are limited. If you engage in educational effort on the grassroots level, you would compete with MIC disinformation. Your access to truth, positive intentions and technological superiority may give you an advantage in the competition. But since MIC is well integrated with humanity, has much experience and means, this competition will not be easy to win. Much work will be needed over a while.
A big part of work would include the transformation of MIC via cooperation. A large part of this criminal structure is composed of people who are partly good. They can be persuaded by force and rewards, immediate and forthcoming and with effort, by education and reason. Therefore the Education and persuasion of MIC people would be also an important component of our salvation.
MIC = military-industrial complex