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Re:Israel Faked Social Media Accounts to Garner Support from... by mrcartmeneses on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @04:19PM (#40590047)
Much, much more peaceful. Once parties lack the resources for war and have to come to peace, it often takes hold in unexpectedly strong ways
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Re:Israel Faked Social Media Accounts to Garner Support from... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @05:27PM (#40590827)
> Much, much more peaceful

The entire history of our species runs counter to this. The most peaceful periods are uni or bipolar dynamic. Pax Americana is statistically meaningful [1].

> Once parties lack the resources for war

Generally speaking, impoverishment increases violence.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Americana

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Re:Israel Faked Social Media Accounts to Garner Support from... by yonixwm on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @04:42PM (#40590346)
It really doesn’t seem so when we experience Russia doing the opposite. It only seem to work if both parties to the conflict are democracies where meaningless war can put a toll on the government
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Re:Israel Faked Social Media Accounts to Garner Support from... by jjtheblunt on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @04:23PM (#40590107)
i expect the same.
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