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Post hoc ergo propter hoc
by raisin_churn 4y ago
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
- alex_sf 4y agoOk, then what else explains the long peace?
- drewm1980 4y agoUnsustainable prosperity fueled by fossil fuels.
- alex_sf 4y agoWe had fossil fuels during both world wars.
- fjkgfifjfuvf 4y agothe many men, women and children they kill daily to get it. just because there's no colonial empires fighting each other, doesn't mean there's peace.
- alex_sf 4y agoThe number of people killed 'daily' is vastly less than it has been at any other point in history. Why is it more peaceful now?
- geysersam 4y agoTrade, democracy?
- alex_sf 4y agoThe Greeks and Romans had varying levels of democracy and vast trade networks for hundreds (arguably thousands) of years.