Next up was Winston. Winston got on stage with his same expressionless face; he marched up with the slow confidence of a continent. Winston shrugged when he reached stage and took the spotlight. He began“ The cost of peace doesn’ t have a definite answer. As you said, Ray. Here’ s where I’ d like to add on to what you said. How much money the world spent on their armies and violent reasons, will equate to $ 13.6 trillion; which, isn’ t even the whole cost. Human lives are also expended in the events of war. So, it’ s $ 13.6 trillion plus 10s of thousands of people who spill their blood for their respective country. And peace still isn’ t ensured. So, if you ask me the cost of peace is human lives.”
It was time for the lunch break, everyone left the room, except Ray and Winston. The two were stranded in front of each other, Ray looked down at him, as he towered over him like David over Goliath, and Winston glared back at him.“ Well, it looks like I’ m winning” Winston said.“ Trust me, you don’ t know what’ s in store for you.” Ray replied in an overzealous tone. Winston glared back at him and walked to the dining hall. Ray followed him to the dining room.
After lunch, everyone got back and took their seats. After the organization was done, it was Ray’ s turn to take the stage again. Ray started“ as I was saying, money is definitely spent to ensure peace. There cannot be any discussions in that aspect. However, the topic we are discussing is a huge gray area. You may have a different opinion on the cost of peace than I do. In my humble opinion, the biggest cost of peace is money. The best way to prove this is by an analogy. Let’ s say a group of people form an organization. And another group of people form a similar organization. How do you differentiate between them? The answer is power. Money is power, expending lives is to ensure power over other countries will not work without resources to win. These resources are money. Money is the most important resource spent to ensure peace in my opinion.”
Winston got back on the stage. He began without beating around the bush“ Money is nothing without human lives. Money is just a resource. We think it’ s valuable because humans portray it as if it’ s valuable. Think of it this way: If this world didn’ t have humans, we wouldn’ t be having this discussion right now. If we didn’ t have money the barter system would exist, and life would