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Polls from 2017 and 2021. Do you think that the answer to this question will be the same post Covid and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? And, in the same light,

• anothernewdude 4y ago
  Actually the first poll is from 2013, the post is from 2017. And the second is from 2020, again the post is from 2021.
  • trashtester 4y ago
    The second poll is not about world peace, but about democracy. Historically, the US has been promoting democracy worldwide (and this has been a major contributor to their belligerence). With their ongoing schism between MAGA and WOKE, there is a risk they will end up non-democratic themselves, either as some kind of facisit or socialist. THAT, and the fact that this conflict is being exported to other democratic countries is a threat to democracy, although not so much to World Peace. 2013 was before Russia's first hostilities against Ukraine and also before China started to flex their military muscles. Also, at that time, the Obama administration was involved in several wars as well as the use of drone warfare against their enemies elsewhere. I don't find it surprising that many would feel that the US was the greater threat at that time, even though the threat level overall was much lower at the time.