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This is a fantastically naive. The `modern world` you mention is far from innocent. The Iraq war, the ongoing intervention in Syria, Libya, the struggle to con

This is a fantastically naive. The `modern world` you mention is far from innocent. The Iraq war, the ongoing intervention in Syria, Libya, the struggle to contain China, the whole farce with the Iran nuclear deal. It is absurd you mention the 'modern world' as an absolute positive when that modern world lead by the US caused the death of 500K+ lives in the middle east (Iraq civil war plus ISIS). What is happening with Russia, Europe and China is far more complex and intriguing than your black and white, good vs evil assessment. History is not over yet.

NicoJuicy 6y ago
Nothing is perfect. But my statement that "war is made redundant by global trade", still remains. The problem is that some countries ( eg. China) are not playing by the same rules and limiting exposure to downsides of global trade ( by protectionism) that they still do stupid things ( eg. The problems between China and India currently). Both countries are not already in a war, because they are trading and it would hurt both economies. It's even mentioned in a recent article of the current conflict. I'll give you another POV and that is that the UN is pretty new ( 20 years) and the biggest positive change in the last century. There are problems ofc, but that doesn't undermine my statement. The second biggest change was the fall of the USSR for more democracy. And Russia is still struggling with this after 30 years.
- nix23 6y ago
  >UN is pretty new ( 20 years) The UN was established in 1945...you know after that 2. World-war. >And Russia is still struggling with this after 30 years Yes, because Russia never had any democracy, its not easy to establish that fast, and 30 Years is a really short time.
  - NicoJuicy 6y ago
    Ow lol, serious mistake here. EU is pretty new ( 20 years) PS. According to current observations. Russia is far from "a democracy". A lot of the countries that seperated from USSR in 1990 ( even Hungary), are doing a much better job.

NicoJuicy 6y ago

Nothing is perfect. But my statement that "war is made redundant by global trade", still remains. The problem is that some countries ( eg. China) are not playing by the same rules and limiting exposure to downsides of global trade ( by protectionism) that they still do stupid things ( eg. The problems between China and India currently). Both countries are not already in a war, because they are trading and it would hurt both economies. It's even mentioned in a recent article of the current conflict. I'll give you another POV and that is that the UN is pretty new ( 20 years) and the biggest positive change in the last century. There are problems ofc, but that doesn't undermine my statement. The second biggest change was the fall of the USSR for more democracy. And Russia is still struggling with this after 30 years.

nix23 6y ago
>UN is pretty new ( 20 years) The UN was established in 1945...you know after that 2. World-war. >And Russia is still struggling with this after 30 years Yes, because Russia never had any democracy, its not easy to establish that fast, and 30 Years is a really short time.
- NicoJuicy 6y ago
  Ow lol, serious mistake here. EU is pretty new ( 20 years) PS. According to current observations. Russia is far from "a democracy". A lot of the countries that seperated from USSR in 1990 ( even Hungary), are doing a much better job.