The world just doesn't have the stomach for true total war anymore, not that that's necessarily a bad thing.
Given the presence of nuclear arsenals in the world, that would be an undeniably good thing in balance with potential extinction. I just don't believe it
Humanity isn't fundamentally that different from a century or two ago. It hasn't changed enough to just lose the stomach for total war, but it did make a successful conscious effort to lock the forks away once complete nuclear destruction was the centerpiece on that table. The modern global powerhouse cultures just haven't been hungry enough to consider breaking open the lock or digging in bare handed yet. But hard, hungry times are coming, so we may see how strong the world's resolve really is.
Given the presence of nuclear arsenals in the world, that would be an undeniably good thing in balance with potential extinction. I just don't believe it
Humanity isn't fundamentally that different from a century or two ago. It hasn't changed enough to just lose the stomach for total war, but it did make a successful conscious effort to lock the forks away once complete nuclear destruction was the centerpiece on that table. The modern global powerhouse cultures just haven't been hungry enough to consider breaking open the lock or digging in bare handed yet. But hard, hungry times are coming, so we may see how strong the world's resolve really is.