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Hmm, in the past few decades we've seen fewer and smaller wars than ever before. Why do you think that trend is going away? More likely, warfare biological or
by jopsen 8y ago
Hmm, in the past few decades we've seen fewer and smaller wars than ever before. Why do you think that trend is going away?
More likely, warfare biological or not is going to become even more rare and even less accepted.
If we keep up the forces that brought us peace, UN, EU, NATO, international trade, amongst many other forces, we're more likely to a world without war.
- an_account_name 8y agoThe US is threatening withdrawal from NATO, a member state is withdrawing from the EU, and international trade wars are heating up between the largest economies. I’m not sure I would count those trends as a sure thing, though certainly they probably have a good bit of wear left in them.
- jopsen 8y agoBrexit and Trump are most likely just temporary set backs.. indeed both are widely recognized as stupid (people saying otherwise usually does so out of political allegiance). Viewed over the past 70 years, currents trends are merely a tiny bump. And indeed we don't see it catching on in the rest of the EU. Note. We can't just hope for things to continue, but if we put in some work - odds are pretty firmly in our favor.
- baud147258 8y agoI hope it will be the case, but the continued existence of civil wars and failed states may put a damper to that.