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> Moreover the late 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries taught us that focusing on the nation-state leads to widespread warfare. Better to have those

> Moreover the late 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries taught us that focusing on the nation-state leads to widespread warfare. Better to have those nation-states in economic cooperation that leads to peace than economic competition that leads to war. I think it has taught us the opposite? Pre WWI, the world was already very integrated and globalized, to the point that many pundits said that a large war is impossible, because it would hurt businesses everywhere too much. And yet it happened.

taylodl 4y ago
The story I've always heard is nobody thought there would be war in Europe to the magnitude of WWI because so many heads of state were Queen Victoria's grandchildren. Surely the family wouldn't war with one another? I just did a quick search on the topic and found this link: https://www.history.com/news/queen-victoria-grandchildren-matchmaking-wwi https://www.history.com/news/queen-victoria-grandchildren-ma... Well, we saw how that turned out!