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It's not a cop-out: there are fundamental qualitative differences between a near-pear conflict, which demands restructuring of a nation's economic activity arou
by OkayPhysicist 3y ago
It's not a cop-out: there are fundamental qualitative differences between a near-pear conflict, which demands restructuring of a nation's economic activity around supporting the fight, versus the kinds of conflicts the US was involved in post-WWII, where the costs aren't that much different than the steady-state maintenance of our armed forces.
- avgcorrection 3y agoIt’s certainly a cop-out if you use such a segmentation to argue that things are peaceful.
- l33t233372 3y agoPeaceful just has to be a continuum in order for us to make any sense of a theory of peace. Certainly wars between great powers and much smaller countries are more peaceful than near-peer wars.
- avgcorrection 3y ago> Peaceful just has to be a continuum in order for us to make any sense of a theory of peace. Nope. Any reasonable person will accept an argument about how things are peaceful in relative terms. Factoring in everything and not cherry-picking. Demanding perfect peace would be way too idealistic.
- l33t233372 3y agoI think we’re saying the same thing. Are we not?
- avgcorrection 3y agoSure.
- mcguire 3y agoIs it really a cop-out if most people are not involved in a conflict? https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/deaths-in-state-based-conflicts-by-world-region https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/deaths-in-state-based-con...
- avgcorrection 3y agoI can’t… I can’t respond to a completely different claim, can I? Or at least I don’t care to. It’s a cop-out if you cherry-pick what is a “war”. That has nothing to do with your interjection.