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To think that global warfare is going to happen any minute now?

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franceslucia · 02/09/2024 22:35

And that Western countries are not doing enough to promote peace between nations. It could take any of the international tensions to spark global warfare. Russia, China and its neighbours, Israel. Palestine and the Middle East.

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sarahzbaker · 04/09/2024 20:55

And what can you do about any of this? Please tell me?

Nothing.
It's all without your control

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franceslucia · 04/09/2024 19:53

Goody2ShoesAndTheFilthyBeast · 04/09/2024 13:04

https://humanprogress.org/is-this-the-best-time-to-be-alive/

Came across this today. Makes interesting reading.

Thanks for the read! Just goes to show how much of an achievement our relatively peaceful civilisation is, and how fragile. We take our accomplishments for granted and spend too much on using technology for the wrong purposes.

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scalt · 04/09/2024 13:21

Everyone was going to burn their eyes out looking at the eclipse in 1999, and England would be gridlocked for days on end because of people "flocking" to see it.

The Millennium Bug was going to wipe everything out.

Everybody's brains were going to be fried by their mobile phones. (And that was before smart phones, which could be accused of adding people's minds in a different way.)

We were going to be wiped out by weapons of mass destruction, so a little bird decided to... start a war.

People "flocking" to the beaches and buying Easter eggs and breaking into playgrounds were going to kill granny.

And in other news, nobody in the media learns the lesson of the boy who cried wolf.

MrsSkylerWhite · 04/09/2024 13:09

Tel12 · 02/09/2024 22:48
When I was at school we were expecting the 4 minute warning, the time we were supposedly getting in advance of a nuclear bomb attack. That was so many years ago the old Queen was actually quite young! Chill

Weren’t we supposed to paint our windows white and sit under a matress in the airing cupboard? 🤣

MrsSkylerWhite · 04/09/2024 13:06

Yes, yabu

sarahzbaker · 03/09/2024 21:16

What can any of us do about it?
Nothing

weAllWanttheBest · 03/09/2024 21:08

Russia and Israel have always been in some local wars

BaBaMulticolouredSheep · 03/09/2024 21:06

Only if someone presses the Big Red Button accidently while dunking their biscuit

saltinesandcoffeecups · 03/09/2024 20:56

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Couldn’t let this one pass without acknowledging a great movie!

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itsgettingweird · 03/09/2024 20:44

SecretKeeper1 · 02/09/2024 22:38

Any minute now? FFS I’ve just laid on the sofa with a cuppa and some shortbread, I’m really not in the mood for this.

😂😂😂

itsgettingweird · 03/09/2024 20:43

It's been happening any minute now for all 4 deceaseds of my life!

So yes, it could.

But I don't think it will because times have moved on and everyone has too much to lose now.

DucklingSwimmingInstructress · 03/09/2024 20:41

DramaLlamaBangBang · 03/09/2024 05:55

The thing is, the US used to interfere, all the time, and the unintended consequences are what we have today in the Middle East. Europe used to interfere, and it has led to tribalism and wars throughout Africa. How on earth can the West promote peace? What should we be doing? Interfering or leaving them to it?

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The Middle East has had wars since the year dot. Before it. Notorious. Not that the Sykes-Picot line hasn't made things worse but certainly not everything came down to that by a long shot.

And tribalism goes back thousands of years in Africa, long long before even the Roman Empire.

So no, the aspects you're mentioning are only a bit relevant in the long view. Middle East in particular's always been highly turbulent.

The British in India on the other hand achieved a few good things but wiped out millions. India is considerably more stable than the ME.

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franceslucia · 03/09/2024 20:10

Acommonreader · 03/09/2024 18:06

Same- not the time for global war in this house as I’ve just started a roast dinner and really looking forward to it!

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I'm jealous!

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Acommonreader · 03/09/2024 18:06

SecretKeeper1 · 02/09/2024 22:38

Any minute now? FFS I’ve just laid on the sofa with a cuppa and some shortbread, I’m really not in the mood for this.

Same- not the time for global war in this house as I’ve just started a roast dinner and really looking forward to it!

SpudleyLass · 03/09/2024 18:02

SecretKeeper1 · 02/09/2024 22:38

Any minute now? FFS I’ve just laid on the sofa with a cuppa and some shortbread, I’m really not in the mood for this.

If I am to be nuked, a cuppa and short bread sounds a divine way to go.

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franceslucia · 03/09/2024 18:00

UmbrellaEllaEllaElla · 03/09/2024 08:33

I also don't watch the news anywhere. It creates a catastrophic mindset. The world has always been volatile with a veneer of stability.

Agree with your last statement.

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UmbrellaEllaEllaElla · 03/09/2024 08:33

I also don't watch the news anywhere. It creates a catastrophic mindset. The world has always been volatile with a veneer of stability.

veritasverity · 03/09/2024 08:20

Well, I'm not building an Anderson shelter in my garden just yet, or a faraday cage over my bed anytime soon!
But I'm definitely happier and less anxious not knowing what's going on in the news; Ignorant....probably, happier....certainly!

lemonpepperlady · 03/09/2024 08:15

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Thepeopleversuswork · 03/09/2024 08:07

@lemonpepperlady

We are an incredibly fortunate, pampared and spoiled nation compared with MOST of the rest of the world. Doesn't mean it'll always be that way.

Hmmmm

Less so now than ten years ago. Our GDP has dropped significantly compared to a lot of countries.

We are still a relatively secure and affluent country on a world scale but our wealth and stability has declined dramatically in my lifetime.

Thepeopleversuswork · 03/09/2024 08:04

Nope. I am old enough to remember the Cold War when people were in a constant state of alarm about the prospect of a Soviet nuclear strike. It’s been like this to a greater or lesser degree since the 60s. There’s always instability and risks of war breaking out but no way is it worse now.

Edingril · 03/09/2024 08:04

Why do western nations need to fix the world? Shouldn't other countries actually use the collective brains they have?

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