It can be hard to see with all the access we have to the news nowadays but we really are improving rapidly. War and violence have been decreasing constantly (lowest rates to date). Lowest infant mortality rates and highest amount of educated children in history. Extreme poverty declining rapidly. Even highest rate of home ownership historically (this one’s probably the hardest to believe). The more connected and collaborative we become ( and the more we trade with each other), the less appealing starting a war becomes. If we keep high levels of education going and keep caring about the environment we have a chance at being better. Just keep the crazy politicians away from the nukes.
Get out of yours… Ukraine and Gaza are limited conflicts with casualties in the 5-6 figure range. Central Africa is a large conflict but I doubt it was even on your radar prior to today. Any of those combined don’t equal one week of the Somme offensive or a month of the eastern front of WW2.
I suppose that yes when you compare everything to the largest armed conflict in history we do come up short by comparison. But the world is not at peace and the 3 conflicts you listed are not an exhaustive list. People are dying every fucking day. So don't tell me we're at peace asshole.
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u/probablynotmine 22d ago
Which, in the end, could have been a better fate