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This type of thinking and other similar viewpoints indicate a strong likelihood of another world war.

Yeah, but why should they care? A war for a sufficiently advanced country such as US just means some place thousands miles away getting bombed, and a small percentage (compared to the enemy) of professional soldiers getting hurt. In other words, they have no f/n concept of what war actually entails and the toils of a country at war.

Well, the budget might be hurt a little, but that's it. Whereas even the budget of the other small country will be totally devastated by a war.



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