Our new social contract must throw off the chains of militarism and the preparation for war. We must prohibit the possession or use or threat of use of weapons of mass destruction. While there are treaties against biological and chemical weapons, which must be implemented, there are none yet against nuclear weapons, the most genocidal of them all, and the most potentially omnicidal. We must hold them to that promise. The new social contract should preclude a national missile defense.
Small arms are a big problem.
A gun is cheaper than a chicken in Mozambique. 50 countries produce the guns that are used in all the wars and violent conflicts today. 154 of the world's 190 independent countries will get contracts or deliveries of American arms this year. How many countries will get aid for sustainable development, health care or for compulsory education for boys and girls through secondary school. Where the rule of force reigns there is no community.