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I’ve got a counterpoint: we finally have the time to breathe and actually notice the ugliness. You don’t care about looks in a time of war. You put a lot of eff

I’ve got a counterpoint: we finally have the time to breathe and actually notice the ugliness. You don’t care about looks in a time of war. You put a lot of effort into “looks” and loving well shortly after a war as a rebound “look now it’s so better” compensation. We’ve instead (mostly) plateaued, which, at a (mostly) global level isn’t necessarily bad. (Of course, if art is a reflection of present-day it’s not necessarily predicting a stable future in the context of global warming/water wars etc. I wonder if more graffiti will show up on these themes over time.)

otabdeveloper4 3y ago
World War 3 has been going on since 2010. We are currently in one of history's times of great turbulence. (Most people lived through the fall of the Roman Empire and didn't even notice it.)
- I-M-S 3y ago
  Why 2010 exactly?
  - otabdeveloper4 3y ago
    Start of the "Arab Spring" and the clusterfuck that led to the dissolution of all international law.
    - CyberDildonics 3y ago
      Where is your evidence for any of this ("world war 3", "dissolution of all international law") and why do you believe it?
      - otabdeveloper4 3y ago
        Among academic historians there is a consensus of what a "world war" is - it is a conflict that cannot be solved in terms of existing international diplomatic practices, and requires going "back to the drawing board" and setting up a whole new system of international relations when the dust settles. So the Thirty Years' War was "world war zero", a classic example of what a world war looks like. It ended with the Westphalian Peace, WWI ended with the League of Nations, WWII ended with the establishment of the UN and its Security Council. The current clusterfuck will abolish the UN at its end and start something new. The current period will go down in history as a world war.
        CyberDildonics 3y ago
        When I said 'evidence' I meant links and past events, not incoherent predictions for the future with no actual information.

otabdeveloper4 3y ago

World War 3 has been going on since 2010. We are currently in one of history's times of great turbulence. (Most people lived through the fall of the Roman Empire and didn't even notice it.)

I-M-S 3y ago
Why 2010 exactly?
- otabdeveloper4 3y ago
  Start of the "Arab Spring" and the clusterfuck that led to the dissolution of all international law.
  - CyberDildonics 3y ago
    Where is your evidence for any of this ("world war 3", "dissolution of all international law") and why do you believe it?
    - otabdeveloper4 3y ago
      Among academic historians there is a consensus of what a "world war" is - it is a conflict that cannot be solved in terms of existing international diplomatic practices, and requires going "back to the drawing board" and setting up a whole new system of international relations when the dust settles. So the Thirty Years' War was "world war zero", a classic example of what a world war looks like. It ended with the Westphalian Peace, WWI ended with the League of Nations, WWII ended with the establishment of the UN and its Security Council. The current clusterfuck will abolish the UN at its end and start something new. The current period will go down in history as a world war.
      - CyberDildonics 3y ago
        When I said 'evidence' I meant links and past events, not incoherent predictions for the future with no actual information.