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by finid
3608 days ago
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> 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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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