High School What’s the necessity of the strong force?

[Th3]

TL;DR

Why does the universe care to have the strong force.

To put it simply: Why do we have the strong force?

If the goal of the fundamental forces (in a heavily generalized sense) is to bring particles to a lower state of energy, how is the strong force participating to this?

Could it be due to atoms being a very stable configuration?
If this is the case why is the electromagnetic force trying to work against a stable configuration?

 

[PeterDonis]

Why do we have the strong force?

This question is not a physics question, and cannot be answered here.

If the goal of the fundamental forces (in a heavily generalized sense) is to bring particles to a lower state of energy

Why do you think this is the case?

why is the electromagnetic force trying to work against a stable configuration?

What do you mean by this?

 

[PeroK]

To put it simply: Why do we have the strong force?

You have a bunch of protons jammed together in an atomic nucleus, with their positive electric charges repelling each other. What holds the nucleus together?