Do you miss the Cold War?

[Canell]

Howdy!

A simple question here - do you miss the Cold War? eace Why?
Multiple answers are possible.

 

[spud_meister]

I do, but sadly all this global warming makes having another one pretty difficult.

 

[StillBallin75]

I miss a time in my life when the United States was not at war. Oh wait, that's never! Well, maybe a select few years in the 90s perhaps.

 

[Helix]

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no

 

[Wiseone]

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.

 

[Canell]

Oh, dear! The last line should be read "There was no such thing as the Cold War". Sorry. :3oops:

There also should have been an answer "No (various reasons)".

 

[StillBallin75]

Globalization didn't occur during the Cold War?

 

[Canell]

Globalization didn't occur during the Cold War?

Well, the world has been globalizing for a long time now. I meant the process after the fall of Socialism and the "single pole world", etc.

 

[Higgins86]

My miss the old James bond films where the soviets were the bad guys! None of this stealing water crap or dimaond faced koreans.

 

[Canell]

I don't know about that but old cartoons were way way better than the crap being produced today - the Flintstones, Tom & Jerry, the Gummi bears, etc. eace

 

[radcen]

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.

This was going to be my answer, only you were more articulate than I was going to be.

 

[Anagram]

No because I was born in 1993. However, from what I know about it, it is not something I would miss.

 

[TheDemSocialist]

No because i was born in 92.....

 

[Thunder]

The Cold War was a great time for rock music. So yes, I miss it.

 

[samsmart]

Howdy!

A simple question here - do you miss the Cold War? eace Why?
Multiple answers are possible.

No I don't.

And you know what? There isn't *that* much difference between the Cold War era and the War on Terror era. The only difference is that during the Cold War you knew who the enemy was and that they had nukes to annihilate you with, while during the War on Terror you don't know where the enemy is coming from and where in the country they'll hit.

Either way, during both eras the government sought to gain power over the citizenry by making them afraid.

 

[Jetboogieman]

 

[Daktoria]

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.

 

[Fiddytree]

No. Why would anyone want to return to the distinct possibility that two superpowers would exchange nuclear weapons?

 

[RadicalModerate]

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!

 

[StillBallin75]

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 sure what you're trying to get at here. Could you elaborate?

 

[StillBallin75]

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!

I'm not entirely sure I agree with the sentiment "we have more peace."

 

[RadicalModerate]

The Cold War was a great time for rock music. So yes, I miss it.

:shock: Really?

 

[samsmart]

I'm not entirely sure I agree with the sentiment "we have more peace."

I think a better way of putting it is that "warfare was more controlled."

 

[RadicalModerate]

I'm not entirely sure I agree with the sentiment "we have more peace."

Actually, global conflicts have decreased.

Better graph.

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.

While civil war, compared to the Cold War era and today, has lowered very slightly, the rate of wars between nations has dropped significantly.

 

[StillBallin75]

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.

Has violence and overall casualties and suffering due to armed conflict decreased? That's what I would like to know.