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Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
Just look at the Russia Ukraine war as an example of this. Total combat death is somewhere between 500k and 1m depending on sources. Probably the nastiest modern war since Korea and still the media portrays it as being sterile and almost clean. The horrors are mostly suppressed and forgotten. The almost no discussion of what daily life is like in the war zone or civilians nearby.
Comment · 3 years ago
Racism is a big part of it. Every race thinks they are superior and somehow other people are stupid, orks, apes, subhumans etc.

When wars break out though it generally turns out that people are equally capable of killing each other and logistics is what makes or breaks any prolonged conflict. Technology helps as a force multiplier but it won’t save you if the logistics break down and you run low on ammo or manpower.

Comment · 3 years ago
The modern system favors executives as opposed to owners. The executive class has figured out how to extract a significant chuck from to owners share for their own coffers.
Comment · 3 years ago
Too bad it’s dead I would have liked to know what’s happening in Israel right now and official Channels are always suspect.
Comment · 3 years ago
Same thing with coral it’s like the plants of the sea except they are technically animals
Comment · 3 years ago
Urban density has increased greatly in select areas but building laws are such that building new housing is both difficult and expensive. Seems unlikely to change in western countries
Comment · 3 years ago
Wars reset all debts and China has all the capacity to sustain a massive war economy equal to USA during WW2. I think people underestimate what they could do if provoked or desperate
Comment · 3 years ago
You forgot all the pending African crisis. Probably a few more in North Africa as well. Food costs have hit the threshold where global instability in poor regions is high.

Also possibly Pakistan

Comment · 3 years ago
NK would bring SK down to NK levels of civilization. I doubt SK has enough weapons and ammunition to fully counter NK. It would run low on ammo quickly. NK is already a post apocalyptic wasteland not much would change if you bombed it to the Stone Age.
Comment · 3 years ago
Sometimes it’s not even on the bottle but on the panthlet that comes with it
Comment · 3 years ago
It’s there but not easy to find
Comment · 3 years ago
The concept of a voting shareholder is a myth. Most shares are owned/managed by funds so they are the true voters. They just vote to make sure the that the boat isn’t rocked too much.
Comment · 3 years ago
You are thinking of Amazon 3 years so. New Amazon mostly gets you real items but not always and now forces you to chat with a bot
Comment · 3 years ago
I think having cast body be written off is preferable to having forever damaged car

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