Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, global political tensions have appeared increasingly unstable. Conflicts continue to escalate between North and South Korea, China and Taiwan, India and Pakistan, as well as Israel and Palestine. Each passing year seems more volatile than the last, pushing the world closer to a potential breaking point—where long-standing resentment could eventually erupt into open conflict, anybody else feels the same?
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Maybe not rapidly, but we are definitely getting there
Not really. These are all long standing conflicts that haven’t spread so far
Yup! And these other super power countries have militaries that would destroy us.
Only for about 8 to 10 years or so now
I hate to be the bearer of bad news…
It’s already began. We’re literally in the first stages of it.
Nope. Rise of fascism and extreme right wing ideologies? Yes. WW3 ? Nah
Unpopular opinion probably but not really, feels like people have been dooming about WW3 for as long as I’ve been alive, and probably a long time before that. I think the fact is nobody will dare attack any country with nukes, or any country in a defensive alliance with a country that has nukes.
feels like Cold War 2 to me. none of the majors have the youth or financial stomach for a major war, but they enjoy quietly tearing each other apart peacefully.
World War? No. Civil War, absolutely!
WW3 won’t happen in the sense of WW2 because the global landscape has significantly changed since then. WW2 ended because America dropped nukes on Japan and completely changed the rules with regard to global conflict. Every major world power has nuclear capabilities now meaning that a ground war just won’t happen.
I understand that the news is scary right now and the freedom of information that the Internet provides exacerbates this significantly but you are getting worried about something that would mean the literal extinction of the species.
Try to disconnect slightly. Focus on what is directly in front of you and not what is on your screen.
Yes.
Imagine Trump implementing the draft to get people to fight in some conflict he generated, when he keeps firing generals.
It’s going to be ugly.
“The changing world order” by Ray Dalio on YT…
It’s the realistic, historical, non-doomer version of what you’re saying. Uninfluenced by today’s media.
All empires have fallen. The world order shifts constantly. Our context window is tiny when compared to the entire history of civilization.
The current grey zone warfare is going well for those waging it: Putin, China, North Korea. Real state-level warfare isn’t necessary to achieve their goals, with U.S. leadership corrupted and turned.
Grey zone warfare? Proxy war, cyber, obtaining useful idiots and and nationalist movements (greater loyalty to fundamentalist/nationalist causes than old school loyalty), technology theft, and so forth. Why risk warfare when everything is going their way without the risk of facing American technology?
Open war will only happen when real competition for resources due to climate change comes on, maybe in the 2030’s.
You might find the Air Force Futures Report interesting: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-futures-four-scenarios-2040/
If Israel fires at Tehran yes
It’s probably just that you’re online too much
Not really… Russia showed how incompetent and self destructive their war was.
I think Trump is corrupted by Isreal as Epstein was their corrupting pedo guy ensnaring powerful men into their games. Virginia Giuffre worked for Trump at Mar-a-lago before being presented to Epstein. Epstein was likely an Israeli asset of the Mossad as Robert Maxwell (Ghyslaine’s father) was also very likely a Mossad asset. Mossad might have traded compromising documents wtih Russia to control more people. Russia might have Trump’s dirty reels, hence why he got such a peculiar position both in Israel and Toward Russia-Ukraine.
However Russia do not want even normal war with Europe. At this point, even without the U.S Europe would totally wipe the floor in a war with Russia.
I see the mentally challenged (Putin) trying to pick fight with mma fighters thinking he know kung fu well, If larger war happen, he will lose disproportionately.
Yes, and I love it!
All the states that would be entities in a third world war have been sitting back and closely studying the conflicts in places like Syria, Ukraine, Gaza, Myanmar, the list goes on. I would hope their taking notice of the fact that infantry war today seems to be horrific close quarters encounters, drone dropped munitions that shred people, and airstrikes. That shit it unsustainable.
Not really. Actually we are further from one in my lifetime and I’m in my mid 50s. I don’t like Trump, but him being a Russian plant keeps that country happy. Plus it doesn’t help that Russia can’t even beat Ukraine, a country with practically no army. Israel already destroyed Palestine and Hamas, so that war is already pretty much resolved. The Koreas have been the same ever since I was born. China and Taiwan is a bit concerning, but not really WWIII. What country is really going against NATO even without the US? The US got it’s ass kicked by the Taliban.
Nope. Not particularly. Heading straight for the us becoming a fascist theocratic dictatorship? Starting to look that way
Not really. Taiwan and china are the only real threat of major conflict. The middle east has no military power and China would never risk an open war with the US. Theres really no power on the planet that could take on the US alone or even in a coalition. At this point were just headed for more proxi wars. Nothing new.
The west and east having proxy wars is nothing new. Israel and Palestine is very unlikely to lead to WW3 compared to during the cold war when the arab nations were backed by the USSR. I dont think Palestine has allies that could lead to ww3. I think it would be very difficult for China to take Taiwan. China had trouble taking Ukraine in a land war. China has to cross the sea and attack a country that has been preparing for the attack for decades. Furthermore, I think we would know before hand because they would have to build up an incredible number of landing craft to invade the island. I dont think you could hide that anymore.
Iv debated this and the answer seems to be that there are no logical “sides”
Logically what would the catalyst be and who would the major players be on each side?
China isn’t looking for war. All the conflicts you listed have too many layers for countries to pick sides. China would rather sit back and play chess.
I believe if there was a WW3, regardless of how it shaped up, the US would be on the losing end of the conflict.Meaning… WW3 doesn’t happen unless the US makes it happen. Invading Canada, Greenland, the type of shit that would make other countries form a collision against them.
If the US did something that got the middle east, China and Europe to align, that could be a WW3
But I’m just dooming over here, likely never happen
Yes 100%. I don’t see a way around it.
Nah they say this every time unless we want nuclear holocaust and the end of the world humanity cant afford that right now
No, but I have reasons to suspect time is being manipulated. Just a suspicion at this point of course.
I just wish these senile geriatric dictators of all colors would pass on already. Leave some world left for the rest of us to actually enjoy without all this idiocy
Obviously.
It’s already started.
WW3 has already started, it’s an economic war and the US is not winning
How do you propose starting a world war when countries with nuclear weapons cannot be invaded?
No. WW3 benefits nobody in the wealthy class. To believe there is some push for a world war, you would have to believe in those conspiracies that say there is some powerful secret cult pulling the strings of the world even behind the billionaire classes back.
AI and robots aren’t nearly advanced enough to replace the peasants.
Yes. ALSO, the weakness Trump has shown toward dictators makes us significantly weaker. Leaving Ukraine without our support, and to fend for themselves, makes us significantly less secure. Trump is a feebleminded fool. Russia would like nothing more than to wreck the US and destroy our way of life.. Our own president thinks Putin is his buddy. He is not our friend. Russian State TV makes fun of Trump every night.
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I feel like Rule 4
We are running to it with our arms out stretched
You just noticed? 🤣
No, our leadership isn’t adamant about anything except maintaining its own position. There are no principles they won’t surrender except for their own power over the US. So long as whoever makes demands and aggressions worldwide leaves them that, they won’t fight for anything.
We were just in a 20 year war and now you feel this way?
I think war has changed. We’ve been at war since 2001.
Now they use our tech against us to install a chaos engine that eats the enemy from the inside out.
We’re fighting over who controls the planet’s resources after the apocalypse.
If they can break us up from the inside they get to keep all the shiny infrastructure we build.
I suspect the global powers know shits gonna get real soon and they want to nail down important natural resources like the lithium that fusion needs for example.
It would be harder for Americans to assimilate into China than Russia.