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Dude, without the USA, the world will do just fine. Sure, there will still be wars, but when are men not fighting over one thing or the other?

Have you asked the people of Libya, Iraq and Syria what their world would be like without the USA?

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>Dude, without the USA, the world will do just fine. Sure, there will still be wars, but when are men not fighting over one thing or the other?

Bullshit defense. There has never been a period in history with fewer wars and proportionally lower fatality rates due to violence. The existence of war at all does not somehow invalidate the value of American hegemony.

[finid]

> There has never been a period in history with fewer wars and proportionally lower fatality rates due to violence.

How long is your time frame? Many more people have died after Sep. 2001 than in the decades prior.

> The existence of war at all does not somehow invalidate the value of American hegemony.

What you seem to forget or don't realize is that the wars of the last decade are a direct result of what we're doing to maintain that American hegemony. So while it's been good for you because you're watching the wars on TV and reading it on the Internet, it's been very bad for those on whose land the wars are being fought.

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How long is your time frame? Many more people have died after Sep. 2001 than in the decades prior.

That just isn't true at all[1]. Since the end of the Second Congo War[3] (in 2003) there hasn't been a conflict that's come close to 1MM causalities.

While the Iraq, Afghan and Syrian wars have been brutal and very well publicised they haven't been anywhere near as severe in terms of causalities.

(Don't take this as a comment either way on US policies though)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:List_of_wars_by_death_tol...

[2] http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/globally-deaths-war...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Congo_War