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17 points

I was trying to finish my degree before WWIII… Fuck it, I didn’t want to do all of this homework anyway.

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Why would that start WW3?

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Hey check it out, this guy hasn’t heard of Franz Ferdinand! /s


As to not be rude or dismissive: the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand is generally credited with the start of World War I. The implication being that a world war has been started over a seemingly small event that had tumultuous consequences thereafter. The further implication being that we may already be past a Franz Ferdinand assassination type event and may be worryingly headlong into a path to large scale warfare once again.

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So you are saying Iran has signed contracts with other nations that would oblige those nations to go to war with countries Iran is at war with?

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Because the world is interconnected a lot more than it has ever been before. A single shooting in a very minor nation went from a terrorist attack to a full world war. The world is in a very precipitous state ATM. Many countries are looking for opportunities to take advantage of any weaknesses in world order to subjugate their neighbours. Now is not a good time to go gun totting frivolously.

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2 points

Attacking Iran would piss of Russia

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3 points

Not as much as supplying Ukraine does

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If we are being honest, Russia would probably appreciate some of the heat getting moved from Ukraine to the Middle East.

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18 points

When WWIII finally starts, we’ll still be expected to show up to work on time.

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6 points

So essential who cares if we starve in the streets!

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4 points

Why would a war make any difference?

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