Welcome to the "neomedieval era": are states becoming obsolete?

Re:Welcome to the "neomedieval era": are states becoming obs... by slibhb on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @10:42PM (#39297763)

Interesting article but I'd be more cautious about projecting current trends into the future.

If history teaches us lessons, one of them is surely that the masses sometimes prefer war. Americans may be doves or isolationists today (with Iraq and Afghanistan recent in memory) but if US adversaries push too hard, if there's some large scale terrorist attack (or even just a viral incident), the US public will become hawks overnight.

It's exactly at moments when we start asking questions like "are states becoming obsolete?" that we should start to worry.

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Re:Welcome to the "neomedieval era": are states becoming obs... by Erratic6576 on Thursday February 08, 2024 @01:45AM (#39299012)

Yeah a terrorist attack like the Maine in 1898 (or twin towers in 2001) can turn Americans into hawks. They’d accept whatever in order to revenge an attack against a vessel.

Sounds like shock doctrine at play

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Re:Welcome to the "neomedieval era": are states becoming obs... by euroderf on Thursday February 08, 2024 @11:22AM (#39303823)

> Yeah a terrorist attack like the Maine in 1898 (or twin towers in 2001) can turn Americans into hawks.

Not just that. Also gullible and manipulable. Putting tremendous power in the hands of those who would abuse it.

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