[MostlyStable]

So, not to come off as "these are good things" or anything, but you have to be able to see that "economic warfare" is preferable to "warfare warfare", right? It would obviously be better to have neither, but if I have to pick one, I know which one I'm going to pick, and I don't think it's unreasonable to characterize a switch from traditional warfare to economic warfare as "more peaceful" or even just "peaceful".

[5040]

>you have to be able to see that "economic warfare" is preferable to "warfare warfare", right?

Economic warfare can resemble the sieges of traditional warfare. Yemen was blockaded "economically" to prevent food and medical aid from entering the country. Syrians were only getting an hour of electricity per day in recent memory because of economic strictures preventing them from importing oil. It can get pretty brutal.

[pphysch]

You don't have to pick one. Venezuela has approximately zero capability to wage any flavor of warfare against the USA, and certainly didn't provoke the current hybrid war by threatening USA national security.