[heurist]

I just want to sell my software, why does everyone have to fight?!

Thank you for these links. I'm trying not to get wrapped up in conspiracies but am increasingly worried by the mounting conflict. I'd love to hear a calm, reasoned response from someone more knowledgable than me on these topics.

[eternalban]

The global powers are negotiating with themselves, and consolidating state power at home. Proxy wars for the former, and fear mongering at home for the latter.

The players are the 0.001% who control these states and the rest (we) are the captive (and propagandized) audience. They are being super kind as to at least make it entertaining for us.

[fokinsean]

Yeah I've gotten a little wrapped up as well looking into all of this mounting tension between the US and Russia. Protip, stay away from /r/the_donald.

My personal opinion is that it is mostly political and I think (hope) that what is happening in Syria won't escalate to direct conflict between the US and Russia.

I stumbled across this little blog article the other day and it helped relieve some of my anxieties.

https://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2016/10/oopsa-world-war.html

[AmrEldib]

I don't actually think this will lead to open conflict. My comment at the end was just saying that this is what a world war would probably look like now, and that this back and forth might continue for a while. I'd like to hear from an expert as well, rather than rely on piecing news items together.

[heurist]

I'm not worried about open conflict, I'm worried that the internet will become a battlefield and our businesses will be caught in the crossfire.