The common theme in the comments seems to be anti-alarmism. Which is certainly smart because alarmism from the past made many false predictions. Al Gore wrote a

The common theme in the comments seems to be anti-alarmism. Which is certainly smart because alarmism from the past made many false predictions. Al Gore wrote a nice essay about how much damage his alarmism caused. History predicts we have a very bad crisis coming. WW2 ~79 years ago American civil war ~77 years before ww2 Age of revolution ~70 years before glorious revolution ~91 years before anglo-spanish war and japanese shoguns ~100 years before war of the roses ~100years before We have a pattern of great conflict. It looks like climate change is setting up the cause for a great war with china. Hence all this talk about Taiwan, Australia, Japan, UK, France. As far as I am aware ABC is reliable news. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-04/taiwan-preparing-for-war-with-china/100511294 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-04/taiwan-preparing-for-... From a Canadian point of view, it's hilarious how we are being treated like a protectorate. Even more interesting, there's an awful lot of talk about building new chip fabs in the usa and europe. Also seems like the plan is to let Taiwan fall.