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Re:Why some nations become wealthy while others remain stuck... by berntb on Wednesday March 28, 2012 @09:26AM (#3766077)
afaik, the number of wars are getting lower and lower. The same with really poor people.

Also, democracies are increasing in number, so there should be less wars -- the democratic peace theory seems to have good statistical support (see Wikipedia).

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Re:Why some nations become wealthy while others remain stuck... by alexro on Wednesday March 28, 2012 @09:36AM (#3766143)
I hope you are right. But back in the days with never-ending wars there were never times like ours with the possibility to blow up the world in a go.

So, the wars get smaller but have bigger impact.

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