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The West has mostly lived in peace and prosperity since 1945. It is hard to come to terms with the fact that this is not a natural state of events. I think this
by Tainnor 5y ago
The West has mostly lived in peace and prosperity since 1945. It is hard to come to terms with the fact that this is not a natural state of events. I think this has led to a certain sort of hubris, that everything will turn out well and we don't have to make the hard decisions.
But plagues and pandemics were a thing in the past. So were wars. And man-made ecological disasters.
- baq 5y agoweak men, hard times, etc.
- jacquesm 5y agoUkraine has not lived in peace and prosperity since 1945.
- Tainnor 5y agoHence, "mostly".
- Karrot_Kream 5y agoUkraine is not the West. Outside the West, everything has been business as usual.