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The one thing governments are very good at is solving the violence problem. It pays off really good not to have half of male population killed by the other half
by psyconn 15y ago
The one thing governments are very good at is solving the violence problem. It pays off really good not to have half of male population killed by the other half.
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/lang/en//id/163 http://www.ted.com/talks/view/lang/en//id/163
- alexro 15y agoThe whole 20th century was total mess for Europe and the East. That there were no global wars after 2000 doesn't mean 21st century will be less horrible, given the amount of warfare present.
- berntb 15y agoafaik, the number of wars are getting lower and lower. The same with really poor people. Also, democracies are increasing in number, so there should be less wars -- the democratic peace theory seems to have good statistical support (see Wikipedia).
- alexro 15y agoI hope you are right. But back in the days with never-ending wars there were never times like ours with the possibility to blow up the world in a go. So, the wars get smaller but have bigger impact.