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Well, we're about to find out whether or not McDonald's Peace Theory[1] is true or not. > In Thomas L. Friedman's 1999 book The Lexus and the Olive Tree,[56] t
by bjt2n3904 5y ago
Well, we're about to find out whether or not McDonald's Peace Theory[1] is true or not.
> In Thomas L. Friedman's 1999 book The Lexus and the Olive Tree,[56] the following statement was presented: "No two countries that both had McDonald's had fought a war against each other since each got its McDonald's". He supported his belief, as a theory, by stating that when a country has reached an economic development where it has a middle class strong enough to support a McDonald's network, it would become a "McDonald's country", and will not be interested in fighting wars anymore.
1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalist_peace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalist_peace
- remh 5y agoFrom the top of my head there was a counter example in the 2006 war between Lebanon and Israel.
- wycy 5y agoI guess the theory has already fallen through, hasn't it? Presumably both Russia and Ukraine had McDonalds.
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- Taniwha 5y agoAs did Israel and Lebanon - as a meme it's been shot for a while
- hayksaakian 5y agoUkraine had McDonald's since 1997 I don't think this has been a valid theory since at least 2014.
- emerged 5y agoNow hold on a minute. Let’s not assume it’s the theory that’s wrong. Isn’t it possible the entire war was invented by Burger King as anti McDonalds propaganda?
- 5etho 5y agoalso Russia first attacked Ukraine in 2014, both countries had mcdonalds, in Crimea since that time there is a knock off McDonald only