Originally posted by pintohoo
morning Dex
yes, I understand ----- I understand tribalism and I believe that humans can regress from team to tribe very rapidly.
the problem I see is that whilst we were able to survive something as big and bad as WW2
that was 7 and a half decades ago - in that time weaponry has increased massively so much that we can make all of WW2 damage look like a small mess after a 4 year olds birthday party
where does that leave us for a future wide conflict?
By far the very best way of avoiding it is to have a united Europe - and, by extension, a united world - because, without it - we are basically stuffed.
We were able to survive 2 world wars -- I seriously doubt if we could survive WW3 with what we have now --
even without nucs being used
Anyone who doubts what firecrackers we have now should take a trip to Vietnam and Cambodia ---
then think - wow, that was 50 years ago - things have moved on massively technologically from there -
sure, they survived - indeed, they won - but, the cost to all concerned is really almost unbelievable
I cannot get over the stupidity of it all --- WW1 ------- three idiotic cousins - WW2 - the rise of an idiot because of French emotional rebound after WW2 - then, Vietnam - because of idiotic American fears of 'commo's (so much for the fear, seeing they won - I haven't seen them overrun Australia yet).
The internet joke I see really tells me the story about humans -
(something like this) -- As an alien spaceship flies by earth - one alien says 'they've got nucs, are they an advanced enough intelligence to be a risk to us?' - the other one says 'na, they have them pointed at themselves'
pretty much tells the story crystal clear to me
China, Soviet united governments killed how many of their own people to establish and maintain the socialist systems by violently quelling dissenting political opponents? Far more died than vietnam, ww2 and ww1 combined.......
