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I think the fact that liberal democracies don't go to war was the main reason - at least amongst western democracies. And even among non liberal democracies (eg
by intrasight 9y ago
I think the fact that liberal democracies don't go to war was the main reason - at least amongst western democracies. And even among non liberal democracies (eg China and Russia) as long as there is enough wealth and quality of lifestyle at risk amongst the ruling elite, there's not going to be much appetite for war.
- CWuestefeld 9y agoOr more to the point, countries that trade together don't go to war against each other. The surest way to keep the peace is to be mutually dependent.
- mcguire 9y agoThat was the assertion prior to WWI.
- intrasight 9y agoExactly. It's not enough to have mutual dependency. You must also have liberal democracies.