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are the rest of the US allies in the world so powerless? Isn't this why we have the UN? Without the US, does the world just go back to war, death, and destructi

are the rest of the US allies in the world so powerless? Isn't this why we have the UN? Without the US, does the world just go back to war, death, and destruction everywhere? That seems crazy to me.

JumpCrisscross 5y ago
> Without the US, does the world just go back to war, death, and destruction everywhere? We're in a uniquely, some argue unnaturally, peaceful period [1]. For most of human history, lords spilled blood bickering over borders. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Americana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Americana
gilrain 5y ago
Go back to? The war, death, and destruction never stopped… we just exported it to others.
- zpeti 5y ago
  That's a ridiculous twisting of history. The last decades have been extremely peaceful, and you could argue that even since WW2 its been pretty peaceful. If you think because the US invaded a few countries over the last 100 years that qualifies as anything like what the world was like before, go read a bit more history. Your post is especially insensitive to anyone outside of US history, like myself, in a country that was repeatedly invaded, and raped, and pillaged throughout history. I'm extremely glad for the last 30-40 years.
- bumby 5y ago
  Never stopped, true, but slowing down: https://www.unl.edu/rhames/212/Stephen%20Pinker%20on%20the%20Decline%20of%20War.pdf https://www.unl.edu/rhames/212/Stephen%20Pinker%20on%20the%2...
democracy 5y ago
Yes pretty much. Look at Kazakhstan dictator getting military support from Russia. Where is international support? (((