Globalization didn't occur during the Cold War?
This was going to be my answer, only you were more articulate than I was going to be.Not at all, I don't miss the world being split between the Communist East and Democratic west, I don't miss the occasional nuclear scare, and I certainly enjoy the added economic growth the entire world has experienced and rise in human standard of living since it's ended.
That being said, at least it was easier back then to know who our enemies were. Today's wars are far more complex than simple force on force, and there's something to be said for enjoying the clarity of action that involves.
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A simple question here - do you miss the Cold War? eace Why?
Multiple answers are possible.
Kind of.
At least back in the day, it was easier to explain to people the connection between social and economic liberty. For example, when Vietnam happened, the only corporation to be blamed was Dow Chemical for agent orange, and even that had nothing with our motive to go there.
Now, people want to have their cake and eat it too, and what's worse is you have religious and military people siding against free market people.
Oh, and social security wasn't going bust.
Not at all. Thanks to the internet and globalization, we now have more peace, more prosperity, less hyper-nationalism and no longer do the world power use other nations as pawns in a global chess game (well, mostly). I approach the post-Col War era of globalization with optimism and am ready to see what the world can do we when compete peacefully, with less emphasis on military expansion and more of the mutually beneficial notion of free trade between nations.
Yay, capitalism!
The Cold War was a great time for rock music. So yes, I miss it.
I'm not entirely sure I agree with the sentiment "we have more peace."
I'm not entirely sure I agree with the sentiment "we have more peace."
The average rate of onset for societal wars changes little: from 3.77 to 3.35 per year. On the other hand, the average rate of onset for interstate wars seems to have fallen by more than half (from 1.43 to 0.70 per year); this brings down the average number of (total) war onsets from 5.19 per year during the Cold War to 4.05 per year in the post-Cold War period. The most recent year, 2011, is marked with an asterisk because the data reflects numbers of new onsets through August 2011.
Actually, global conflicts have decreased.
While civil war, compared to the Cold War era and today, has lowered very slightly, the rate of wars between nations has dropped significantly.