The greatest conflict of the past couple centuries was called World War II. What most people don't realize is the countries that made it out of World War II were the strongest or the ones that either didn't fight or didn't have to fight much. The United States of America became a superpower on isolationism. Yes, they eventually joined the war but in a very limited capacity. There were only two battles on the mainland United States. Switzerland was neutral and ended up becoming the world's bank, Sweden was neutral and ended up becoming one of the most powerful nations in Europe for a very long time. Meanwhile, all the Nations that participated were great powers and after the war were no longer great powers. --The graysonian ethics
What's funny is there's lots of posts tonight, and I was really got interested in reading this post until I realized I wrote it at the end. :P
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@sj_zero that quote from you book is pretty interesting
Thanks. I couldn't remember where I was talking about that so I went back and found it in the Chapter "basics" where I was explaining that violence is a last resort and that it often isn't benefical to you. It kind of reminds me of the Sun Tzu quote: "He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight." -- I do say that sometimes you do have to fight, but especially when you're teaching a child it's often not that time.
Ironically, I was finding the me who has spent 3 more years deep diving into history was debating the me who wrote that. It's not totally wrong, especially in context, but it could probably be phrased more accurately.
@sj_zero @BowsacNoodle how would you phrase this now?
Minor changes related to world war 2 being definitively the biggest conflict of the past 200 years. By body count there's a number of Asian conflicts that were comparable such as the Taiping rebellion, so I'd probably call it among the biggest conflicts. My note about relative non-combatant nations faring the best after the war still stands. Later on when I mention that sometimes you should fight anyway I probably would have wanted to mention that world war 2 nonetheless is widely seen as a moral war and although non-participants fared better it's still the right thing to do regardless if you personally benefit.
Of course the point I was making is that fighting doesn't magically confer benefits on the fighters, which I think remains.
Of course the point I was making is that fighting doesn't magically confer benefits on the fighters, which I think remains.