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There's a difference between preventing war and preventing a wider world war. Trade links persisting even when countries are opposed to each other contributes t
by rchaud 1y ago
There's a difference between preventing war and preventing a wider world war. Trade links persisting even when countries are opposed to each other contributes to a certain level of global order between the biggest powers.
- dmitrygr 1y agoIf trade can persist in war then by definition trade will not prevent war If A -> B not A -> B then it cannot be said that B -> not A
- rchaud 1y agoAnd yet it has prevented a wider military confrontation over Taiwan, Kashmir, North Korea and continental Europe after WWII.
- dmitrygr 1y agoWe do not and cannot so trivially assign a reason for the lasting peace since WWII. There are many theories in international relations that propose a cause, and none are currently accepted as being solely correct