reply to post by mindcarnival
I don't think at all it is coming. Why would there be a World War III? Basically all countries in the world are now capitalist. Yes, war means
profits. Nuclear destruction however means that all of your businesses are going to be radioactive.
Trust me. There will be no WW3. There will be many nice little wars that make profits for the big businesses. There will even be a new Cold War which
will make even more profits for the big businesses. But there will not be a nuclear war. Just like the First Cold War never went hot. Just a little
bit of warfare in the Middle East.
This World War Three thing is one of these doomsayer fixations on the ATS. I don't say that World War Three is impossible, I just say it is very
unlikely. I don't say that an alien invasion is impossible or that I am sure that the world will not end in 2012, I just say that these events are
highly unlikely.
The countries that have the level of military might to even fight a world war are basically the United States... And in a more limited way Russia and
China. And each of these countries is clearly more interested in foreign trade and globalization than turning their country into a radioactive
wasteland.
Of course I love to speculate on World War Three scenarios. I even like to read survivalist manuals. Actually right now I am reading this nuclear war
classic On The Beach by Neville Shute. I just don't think it very likely that we would end up in that situation.
Come on. If nobody was insane enough to push the button during the Cold War how would they do it today? The tensions are not anywhere on that level.
And basically everybody is into capitalism, trade and markets, which makes the idea of a nuclear war kinda unprofitable... Which doesn't mean that
limited warfare in Third World countries wouldn't be profitable.
You know what I mean. Better to build a radiation shelter but I don't think that it will ever be used. People on ATS are too paranoid.
Just let Hamas and IDF slug it out if they are stupid enough to go to war. It isn't my problem if people in the Middle East have a death wish. I have
a lot of sympathy for the innocent civilians though.