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That's not actually evidence related to the assertion at hand. For that, you'd need a historical comparison, which that list does not provide.

You may be right about absolute numbers, but absolute numbers are pointless here. From what I've seen before, in terms of the relative number of people killed in war compared to the overall population, this is the most peaceful time known. If 2x as many people get killed in wars, but there are 4x as many people alive, that world is more peaceful, not less.



I don't entirely agree that "absolute numbers are pointless here". If you look at the amount of human suffering, your world is 2x worse.


By that reasoning, a world where there are only a thousand people, divided into two tribes constantly engaged in horrific war, is vastly better.


I think that is where we are headed.


Well, it is an issue that we are more likely to care when someone suffers, these days. That increases human suffering all by itself.




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