I personally cringe when I hear a friend js having a kid. All I can think of is how bad theyre going to have it. Hell id definitely have been better off being born 20 years earlier, but these new kids are REALLY screwed unless they have super rich parents.

“Nothing new under the sun” I suppose!

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          Still an historical low point. Did you not check a single link I posted?

          You don’t need to google this shit…

          NM, you admitted it.

          ALL of that has been going on since WWII, and slowly dialing down. The Ukraine war is such a shock because it’s so damned unusual.

          I didn’t say the world was at peace, but war and death is at an all-time low. Look at the casualties reported in the news today. We’re stunned if 100 people get killed in a single attack. There were WWI and WWII battles you’ve never even heard of where 4,000 men were killed at once.

          As to my education: I have 2 years of Advanced European History under my belt and 4 college credits to show for it. Not to pull the age card, but at 54 I’ve lived a fair bit of modern history. I’m guessing you weren’t around when global thermonuclear war was hanging over our head as a day-to-day fact of life?

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            You posted a google link, so no, noone read it.

            I posted a non-google link which factually disproved your claim.

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              This is such an odd conversation. I provided many charts, many numbers to look at, and you’re still arguing, what exactly?

              BTW, Boomers were my parents, and I still have no idea what propaganda you’re referring to. If anything, American propaganda has always been about how violent the world is and how we need more defense spending.

              Can you name any propaganda where the government has espoused how peaceful the world is?!

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                You have not provided any charts or numbers. I provided a link to an actual study on the subject disproving your claim.