Wilson's Fourteen Points: Realistic or Not?

Wilson’s fourteen points are somewhat realistic for creating world peace because in order to achieve such a state there needs to be cooperation and dependence throughout the world but the different ideological differences would drive the countries apart. Wilson proposes the fact of establishing the freedom of trade which would connect all the countries in the world together and there would not be any need for attacking a fellow country. By having equal trade, there would be no alliances between countries and there would be more cooperation between countries. His principles of self determination, however, would only cause more disagreements between countries because the same ideologies of democracy, for example, would not be present everywhere. Different type of government would mean different policies about trade and development, which can cause other countries great disconcert. The hunger for power and world domination could of course also stand in the way of peace.