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A comment on Studying the demise of historic civilisations. Parent comment

Re:Studying the demise of historic civilisations by syn0byte on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @08:55AM (#19310487)
Suffering is largely a constant. The difference between "war" and "peace" is only in who is suffering, and how much everyone else does or doesn't care.
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Re:Studying the demise of historic civilisations by lovecg on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @12:23PM (#19312180)
Really? Suferring during, say, World War II was just as bad as immediately before or after?
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