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> Europeans have Africa beat. War seems to have stopped in (Western) Europe though. That is until the Russians take advantage of the current power vacuum to s

> Europeans have Africa beat. War seems to have stopped in (Western) Europe though. That is until the Russians take advantage of the current power vacuum to start one, or a spark ignites between ethnic groups that haven't been around in large enough numbers until very recently. On the other hand, Africa is at war today. See: article being discussed and [0]. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conflicts_in_Africa#21st_century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conflicts_in_Africa#21...

finid 9y ago
I'm glad you qualified that, because splitting Yugoslavia was not peaceful. And Kosovo and Serbia is still a hot spot. But yes, wars stopped because after WW II, they decided the madness had to stop. That led to the formation of the EU. Countries that belong to the same economic group seldom go to war. ECOWAS serves the same purpose in West Africa. Assuming you're an American, you should be blaming your govt. rather than Russia for the what's happening around that region. I know you won't believe it, but that doesn't change the facts.
finid 9y ago
You should note that the wars in Libya on that list were caused by the major European countries and the US.
hutzlibu 9y ago
"War seems to have stopped in (Western) Europe though" There might be differen reasons than giving up on tribes. Afaik the biggest wars we had were totally not tribe related, but rather "Nation" and than "Race". And the original tribes in central europe are loong gone, replaced by feudalism and christianity over 1000 years ago.
- throwway390 9y ago
  My point is that Africa is at the lower end of that scale (tribes) where the West is at the upper end (Unions). Or was, until Trump and Brexit. My point is that progress in Africa is hampered by unnecessary divisions between people. It's obviously not the only problem, but it's not helping, either.

finid 9y ago

I'm glad you qualified that, because splitting Yugoslavia was not peaceful. And Kosovo and Serbia is still a hot spot. But yes, wars stopped because after WW II, they decided the madness had to stop. That led to the formation of the EU. Countries that belong to the same economic group seldom go to war. ECOWAS serves the same purpose in West Africa. Assuming you're an American, you should be blaming your govt. rather than Russia for the what's happening around that region. I know you won't believe it, but that doesn't change the facts.

finid 9y ago

You should note that the wars in Libya on that list were caused by the major European countries and the US.

hutzlibu 9y ago

"War seems to have stopped in (Western) Europe though" There might be differen reasons than giving up on tribes. Afaik the biggest wars we had were totally not tribe related, but rather "Nation" and than "Race". And the original tribes in central europe are loong gone, replaced by feudalism and christianity over 1000 years ago.

throwway390 9y ago
My point is that Africa is at the lower end of that scale (tribes) where the West is at the upper end (Unions). Or was, until Trump and Brexit. My point is that progress in Africa is hampered by unnecessary divisions between people. It's obviously not the only problem, but it's not helping, either.