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> What the west had over the last 100 years is what's pretty unique. It seems to be slipping away, and we should care about that, because it was pretty wonderfu

> What the west had over the last 100 years is what's pretty unique. It seems to be slipping away, and we should care about that, because it was pretty wonderful. It was the most violent time we know of. I'd be keen to learn what you refer to as "pretty wonderful". > But "pretty unique in history" is going rather too far. I didn't research this properly. But the US army is bigger than the next five biggest armies together. This is an astonishing inbalance. Do you have an example in history where there was a similar inbalance?

AnimalMuppet 2y ago
> It was the most violent time we know of. I'd be keen to learn what you refer to as "pretty wonderful". It was pretty wonderful in terms of the economic resources available to the median person. That's what you were discussing in the post that I replied to. > I didn't research this properly. But the US army is bigger than the next five biggest armies together. This is an astonishing inbalance. Do you have an example in history where there was a similar inbalance? What's with the shift from economic imbalance within a nation to military power between nations? For the discussion we were having, how is the military balance between nations relevant? To answer your question: Maybe the Pax Romana. Maybe China at certain points.