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Re:Ancient civilisation under eastern Turkey estimated to be... by jhoechtl on Saturday May 21, 2022 @10:24AM (#31458191)
> Maybe, but I really doubt that. I find it much more likely that it was a combination of luck and culture. (Or rather of a culture that had not yet been corrupted.)

I really think it was all the aftermath of WWII. That was such a catastrophic event with all that "never forget", that instead of going for war, peace was the better solution at any cost (for west and central Europe). Now as the remembrance is waning, military options become increasingly an option. The germans shipping heavy military equipment? Unthinkable 10 years ago.

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Re:Ancient civilisation under eastern Turkey estimated to be... by trashtester on Saturday May 21, 2022 @11:15AM (#31458605)
WW2 was probably the main ingredient, but without Mutually Assured Destruction, a common enemy in the Soviet Union, a booming economy as well as the lessons learned in the 20's and 30's about not living beyond your means, the effect might have ended sooner.

In other words, the 1945-2020 period required "luck" in a number of dimensions, and should be considered a fluke, not the norm.

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