Europe's Post-WWII Peace

I'd say something has changed since we're currently experiencing one of the most prolonged periods of peace in the last 2000 years (Europe) [1] and generally the world over [2]. This could be because the "price" of conflict has gone up, but still, it is something to think about.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Europaea <a href="https://www.salon.com&#x

Anyone who says that isn't aware of how many wars there used to be. See[1] and look at the countries and regions involved, and how in this century it's down to a very very few regions. Since WWII, Europe has been incredibly peaceful after centuries of invasions, border conflicts, revolutions, empires rising and falling.Pointing to one thing going wrong so you can call people 'privileged' doesn't change it. Nuclear Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD), NATO

No, the world; EU and US had no wars on their soil for large periods compared to their histories.

This is worded like propaganda. War and conflicts between countries have been on the decline for decades, and conflicts between major world powers have gone down to nearly nothing[1].[1] https://ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace/

I would also question whether this period of peace in Europe is really due to the EU. The EU and it's predecessors certainly contributed to it, but I would argue it's a marginal contribution. If you look at world history after WWII you see that major conflicts - between two powerful nations - have largely disappeared. Instead we got a slew of proxy wars: US vs. China in Korea, US vs. China/USSR in Vietnam or Iran vs. Saudi Arabia in Syria more recently. I think the reason for this

The illusion of peace the world has enjoyed since WW2 is slowly wearing thin.

Could you elaborate on the 'longest period of peace'? I've read that before but where is the peace? How many wars are going on right now? I live in Europe, your references sound like you're from the states. There is a war in EU right now. USA has troops in many countries, news of them bombing shit weekly. Other parts of the world are not much better (wars in Africa, South America, different parts of Asia, genocides happening right now).So what is this peace? Does it just m

That’s because Europe realized it could not sustain another war of that destructiveness. So there have been no wars in Europe, but I don’t think it’s impossible that another WW1 like crisis could occur again, especially with tensions high between China, The US and Russia.

It's often forgotten how much conflict there was in Europe (and most of the world) in the 18th and 19th centuries. How this was fairly "normal"It's really forgotten how relatively peaceful our time is. I'm not complaining, in fact, I want to protect it. And that means we can't forget what was.https://youtu.be/UY9P0QSxlnI?t=10m5s

People talked optimistically about the end of war in the early 20th century when it looked like war had gone the way of the dodo. The last major international conflict was a century earlier when the Powers deposed the second rise of Napoleon. There were a number of internal civil wars in the meantime mainly dealing with the transition from monoarchy to republics and the consolidation of related city states intomcountries. The early 20th century had much progress in industrialisation, invention a