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Re:We lost the war. Welcome to the world of tomorrow (2006) by jacquesm on Thursday May 22, 2014 @06:16AM (#7783046)
Makes you wonder how many people that have lived through a war agree with you.
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Re:We lost the war. Welcome to the world of tomorrow (2006) by arethuza on Thursday May 22, 2014 @07:53AM (#7783328)
In general, I would agree with you, but in some occasions the effects of extreme poverty can almost be indistinguishable from a kind of civil warfare:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_%28Ireland%29

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Re:We lost the war. Welcome to the world of tomorrow (2006) by lclarkmichalek on Thursday May 22, 2014 @08:26AM (#7783437)
No one wins in the misery olympics
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Re:We lost the war. Welcome to the world of tomorrow (2006) by Ygg2 on Thursday May 22, 2014 @09:08AM (#7783603)
Poverty also leads to civil war or worse. Cannibalism also is frequent during famine.
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