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Sure, it’s impossible to prove what would have happened otherwise (given the chaotic reflexive system). But an interesting thought experiment, imagine, after
by pembrook 5y ago
Sure, it’s impossible to prove what would have happened otherwise (given the chaotic reflexive system).
But an interesting thought experiment, imagine, after ending WWII the US and its people simply sunk into the ocean.
Then you’ve got a massive imbalance of power tilted towards Stalin and the Soviets with nuclear weapons and allied with China, vs a weak UK and France.
While it’s impossible to prove the USSR wouldn’t have started caring about democracy and human rights and stopped caring about expansion on their own...I don’t think it’s a leap to say the world would be a worse place.
- notsureaboutpg 5y agoBut your alternative scenario is ridiculous. Rather than the US and its wealth and power disappear (causing a power imbalance in the process), what if the US simply didn't enter the 20 year long Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, as an example? That is very hard to say the world would be a worse place as a result.
- dncornholio 5y agoSame what if problem.. Of course the shift in power would change how we would life now, probably for the worse. That still doesn't justify anything.