considering the current state of the world and things like the resurgence of fascism and other authoritarian ideologies, do you think there is still a chance to avoid a new world war or now is unavoidable?

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You know it’s bad when far right extremism is on the rise again in Germany…

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And who will they pick to fight? The World!

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A Norm reference made this much less depressing, thank you.

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Third time’s the charm! /s

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Probably, yeah. I don’t forsee a WW3 not happening eventually; I just hope it’s not in our lifetime.

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Just postpone it to 2077

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considering we have a record of over 6000 years of overlapping armed conflicts and wars, yes absolutely.

there has not been a single worldwide peaceful day for thousands of years.

it’s not 100% sure the ones currently going on will be called world wars. maybe it will be a new one. there’s always another war, unfortunately.

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It started in 2014 so yeah. We are just not yet to a point where America gets directly involved. We are doing the lend lease thing again.

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Came here to say the same thing. Both US and EU: β€œthis is not real, this is not a real war”.
In their delusion, are helping Ukraine, but it’s a half-ass help. How should a war look to be called a war? Tanks, Aircraft, ships, 1000km trench warfare, ballistic missiles - is that a war?

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Proxy war != world war

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It’s always avoidable. It’s also still quite possible

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