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I think it's because we (global powers) are more civilized these days. In this modern era it's harder (not impossible) to go to war when there isn't an egregio
by novaleaf 9y ago
I think it's because we (global powers) are more civilized these days. In this modern era it's harder (not impossible) to go to war when there isn't an egregious threat/harm present. The populous now needs to feel it's justified.
- vinceguidry 9y agoCivilized? Us? You must have America confused with some other global superpower, like, say, ancient Rome. We've been pursuing one or more wars more or less continuously since WW2. They don't feel like wars to us, because our economic heft is such that fighting a war on foreign soil is pocket change. We just don't call them wars until later, when the historians can finally control the narrative.
- TheAdamAndChe 9y agoThis is worded like propaganda. War and conflicts between countries have been on the decline for decades, and conflicts between major world powers have gone down to nearly nothing[1]. [1] https://ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace/ https://ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace/
- crimsonalucard 9y agoThis is very true. There has never been a time throughout world history more peaceful then things are now. The news paints an exaggeration of reality as we know it.
- echaozh 9y agoYeah, but it's only valid argument after China has become a major world power.