Will there ever be another world war?

[fed1943]

200 years is a long time,not even a guess is possible.
But,is it implemented defensive devices that matches,at least,ofensive weapons?Are there some bases,with enough people,outside Earth?Does a powerful nation become quickly very poor?If yes,then little to lose,chance to win,there will be war.
Best regards,

[Dis]

and then there's always the chance of an insane ruler gaining power (and no Bush jokes please).

[Pekka]

In the next 100 years? Absolutely.

Things change.

[Dis]

Things change, but they've been changing for the better. Most countries are more civilized than they were in the past. With the exception of some countries in africa and the middle east. Europe hasn't seen a war over religion since the 30 years war. Most countries have moved past pesky disputes such as religion. And no the war on terror is not a war on religion. It's more of a war on arabs.

Countries no longer rape and pillage as they did in the past. Though it wasn't long ago they did do this. WW2 was not that long ago.

I do believe people are more pacifist (at least in North America and Europe) than they were even 50 years ago. I have a few theories why this is, but I won't say them here. You guys would probably laugh at them.

[Jaguar]

No two countries with McDonald's in them have ever gone to war, with the single exception of Serbia and its various enemies in the 1990s.

I think the world will mostly stay that way.

[Pekka]

Dis, sorry, most of that is not true

[Jaguar]

The Yugoslavia war had plenty to do with religion.

[Skanky Burns]

Yes. People are stupid.

[Lorizael]

I'm pretty sure Germany will start to miss the old days eventually and just do the world war thing for the sake of nostalgia. They used to be so bloodthirsty, those Germans...

[Datajack Franit]

The West against Islam will be very interesting. I wonder on which side Europe will be, at the time, considering its dropping birthrate %

[Spec]

Yes, I see it happening. The whole world vs the US. The only downside is that we are just up north...

Spec.

[Combat Ingrid]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
Yes. People are stupid.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Spec
Yes, I see it happening. The whole world vs the US. The only downside is that we are just up north...

Spec.

you will get our fallout clouds.

[Footie Mad]

The only realistic case of a world war I see is if the USA collapses in it's interior, the state collapses and civil war breaks out because of struggles for power. Most likely as a war between the bottom ranks of society against a system that sees them living in poor conditions. But that would require a great fall in the economy.

If the USA collapses there would be no real powerhouse left willing to play "world conscience" around the world anymore, unless the EU or UN was reformed. So a massive decline in the world economy caused by some natural disaster or otherwise, would lead to dormant conflicts bursting out in the open across the world. Essentially a world war but not between states.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Datajack Franit
The West against Islam will be very interesting. I wonder on which side Europe will be, at the time, considering its dropping birthrate %

And you sure aren't helping

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