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Originally Posted by punkworld
What is happening? Business as usual. The razing of Carthage, the fall of Syracuse, the Black Death, the Spanish Flu, both world wars... what we are in right now is a period of relative calm. The only reason it may seem otherwise is that in the past few decades, we have had a period of almost unprecedented wealth, peace and safety.
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That is an interesting point. The question is then is this another "sky is falling" scenario?
I would imagine they thought the world was gonna end during world war 2 as well.
But the one factor I see here that is different now is the present of Nuclear weapons, which could wipe out humanity.