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There have been other periods of global peace caused by domination of a single power, no one else argues that it was a good thing for everyone else involved. I
by swarnie 5y ago
There have been other periods of global peace caused by domination of a single power, no one else argues that it was a good thing for everyone else involved.
I could try and argue India is now a better place because the period know as Pax Britannica almost gave them the toilet but you'd rightly consider me a mad man.
Do you think any of the places listed above were improved by being turned in to weapon testing ranges?
- janto 5y agohttps://ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace https://ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace "This entry presents an empirical perspective on the history of war and peace. We also published a data visualization history of human violence here on OurWorldInData.org which presents empirical data showing that we are now living in the most peaceful time in our species’ existence."
- toxik 5y agoI appreciate the argument, and it holds merit, but I also think that the H-bomb is such a key difference. It’s essentially a stalemate, whereas other periods of non-war* have arisen out of absolute conquest. * Non-war, I think, is a less charged term here, “peace” sounds like an unmistakably good thing, which it isn’t necessarily — or at least there is a long debate to be had about that as well.