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by lukan 803 days ago
"The world probably has never been as peaceful as in the last 50 years or so."

So all the defense ministers in europe for example, who urge us to get ready for real war, are paranoid then?

25 years ago it was mostly peaceful, with a steady downward trend since then. And many people, including government officials, see now a war between china and US as inevitable. That is different from my youth, which was mainly optimistic, with the big players negotiating and demilitarizing.
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newzisforsukas 803 days ago
> So all the defense ministers in europe for example, who urge us to get ready for real war

That is about deterrence, no?

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/have-peace-europe-must-...

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lukan 803 days ago
I hope so. I don't want the EU to be the next wannabe empire.
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robertlagrant 803 days ago
> So all the defense ministers in europe for example, who urge us to get ready for real war, are paranoid then?

It would be good to see the evidence for a war from the last two years would a) cause suicide and b) do it instantly.

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lukan 803 days ago
The war started in 2001 with the war on terror. And in Ukraine the war started 2014. And then there was Corona. And climate change. Etc. etc.
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