discussion Do you think a major war will directly affect you in your lifetime?

[smartalek22]

What are we thinking 

[Aston Martin]

Yes. Be it a war over water resources, a war between two or more nuclear powers, or a civil war where we're under attack by fascists (we're already halfway there in the US tbh), it will happen and it will be ugly. 

 

Of course, I'd love to be proven wrong. But this is humanity we're talking about. 

Edited June 4, 2023 by Aston Martin

[thatsmydemi]

Yes. Just look at the effects of the Ukraine-Russia war in Europe.

[JayG]

Eh. I don't know. But I kind of don't care, I have zero control over it. So whats the use when I dont think it will affect me much? I just hope the people who are affected get to GTFO before it does impact them.

[Feetree]

A major war will directly and indirectly affect ALL of us 

[Alldeezy]

Probably we already have China on our backs.

 

Australia is definitely being looked at and it scares the crap outta me.

[Jotham]

With what China's been doing in the South China Sea, yes unfortunately.

[JustHoran]

Yes, and I can also see a Civil War happening again in our lifetime. Things are getting bad with these MAGAts so I wouldn't be surprised at all.

[Bloodflowers.]

Yes, I will need to move in some obscure village and learn how to plant seeds and kill animals in order to survive (this works only if we avoid nuclear war)

[Iridesence]

I mean it's much more likely to happen than to not happen, just look at history.

 

I would love to be proven wrong though.

[liquiddiamonds]

It’s already affecting us. Ukraine and Russia is already a major war, even if it’s still a proxy war. A country is destroyed, another is controlled by a megalomaniac leader, worldwide inflation is up, financial instability is in and shortages are already a reality. Production has slowed down, cuts are being made in previously very safe job markets. I fear for a war that directly involves a NATO country or China. We’re definitely in a Second Cold War

[Devin]

Most wars do more damage to the people vs the actual party their attacking. 

[YellowRibbon]

As long as Brazil doesn't get nuked, South America should be "fine"... The nuclear winter will be ugly so we better start building that wall in Panama

[Henry Torres]

[Abel Minaj]

WWIII is right around the corner and it's very possible that it has already started. The South China Sea is very volatile right now and China has been increasingly aggressive in the region. The Russo-Ukrainian war will very likely escalate in the next year and it's looking more and more like that it will spill over into other countries and NATO. The map is pretty much already drawn out. 

[getBusy]

Yea it’s just a matter of time

[Breathe On Moi]

yes I’ve been told that WWIII is happening and I’m waiting 

[NoOneDiesFromLove]

I live in Mexico, so anything dumb the US does kinda indirectly affects us. If the US were to go to war it’s over for us too I fear.  Also I never did my country’s required military service, 

[Communion]

No and any fellow American saying such is an idiot. 

The entire premise of existing within the imperial CORE is that you are protected from its fallout.

 

90% of people who say yes are actually wishcasting and hoping for these imagined conflicts.

[Jotham]

35 minutes ago, Communion said:

No and any fellow American saying such is an idiot. 

The entire premise of existing within the imperial CORE is that you are protected from its fallout.

 

90% of people who say yes are actually wishcasting and hoping for these imagined conflicts.

I literally have family in the Philippines. Obviously you don't have to care about the war affecting you since you're a white American.

[Machete]

No, I genuinely believe there won’t be a major global war this century. MAD is real.

[MAXIMO]

USA needs to have its wars happen in their own land.  

[Starboys23]

Not while im alive lmfao

[dussel_06]

As long as these rep stans don't stop shading lover, this war will never end.

[Communion]

9 minutes ago, Jotham said:

I literally have family in the Philippines.

Then this is an issue of different understandings of what the word "directly" means.

 

Most people are not going to suggest that something impacting relatives or people they know thousands of miles away is directly impacting them, let alone in the context of war. 

 

When you say, as an American, you are going to be "directly impacted" by what you believe is a war with China, the imagery you push is of Chinese bombs hitting American shores, which is 1) ridiculous of an image in itself that the constant American fear of war breaking out is unfounded and 2) hard to imagine unfolding from trade and economic disagreements over territorial waters unless the US decides to escalate.

 

Also. sis, leftist Filipino group place blame on the US for continued provocations and that escalating tensions by pushing for more military bases on another country's land is insidious explicitly because America and Americans will not be affected by the US searching for conflict with China thousands of mile away:

 

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The recent war games — or, the ongoing military exercise in the Philippines is really intended to project U.S. power in this part of the region. And it has a very provocative nature, considering the tensions between the U.S. and China. The U.S. really wants to provoke China. And for the first time, they’re doing live exercises where they’re actually going to simulate the sinking of a ship in the West Philippine Sea. This is on top of having expanded U.S. bases in the Philippines, especially in areas that are near Taiwan and near the South China Sea. All this, taken together, would really raise tensions in the region and would trigger an endless arms race between the U.S. and China. And in that scenario, the Philippines would be caught between two opposing giants.

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So, it’s pretty much the same scenario right now. They’re putting bases north of the Philippines so that the U.S. can have quick deployment for incidents related to Taiwan. They put up bases in the western part of the Philippines facing the South China Sea, so that the U.S. can deploy ships whenever it’s necessary to project its power in that part of the region. So, all these bases are not for defensive purposes. They’re actually allowing the U.S. to pre-position weapons, to pre-position warships, to station troops, which can be deployed at any time overseas for offensive military action. So, that practically drags the Philippines to a new round of conflicts, which are not in our interest. It’s a repeat of what we experienced during the Vietnam War and other U.S. wars thereafter.

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And if the U.S. ramps up its presence in Philippines, and China sees that as an imminent threat, then China would, of course, resort to building more bases on their artificial islands, and it will be a never-ending cycle, an arms race between these two giants. And when war erupts, who will be at the losing end? Poor countries like the Philippines, those who are not the superpowers, they are the biggest losers if the conflict escalates between the U.S. and China.

 

So, we’re pretty clear that we don’t want that to happen, and that’s why we don’t want these military exercises, live-fire drills, the sinking of ships. These are all very, very provocative actions. Just imagine if China would do such exercises off California. That would also trigger a very hostile response from the United States. So, really, this whole scenario that they’re doing, it’s going to lead to a heightened conflict. And it’s actually a preparation for war. And it’s something that we don’t want to happen in the near future.

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/4/12/us_grows_military_footprint_in_philippines