does anyone else wish for war?

[callmer]

Something to change the rotten status quo. I don't think the people are going to start a revolution anytime soon in the western world. I think the only way things are gonna change is if a war breaks out.

 

[pond]

No, thank you.

Unless it somehow results in a painless, not scary (because it happens without my realizing) death for me and no negative consequences for others.

 

[Misery99]

No, there's no winner in a war.

 

[starboy2k]

you're absolutely right about a revolution never happening here (especially to end the status quo)……but wishing for a war here is also batshit.

many will die, and the status quo will still remain.

 

[SweetChariot]

Honestly that's a line of thought i have pondered sometimes, as you said just to change the status quo but it really won't be a good time for anyone involved

 

[Set Real Goul]

Damn, people here seem to like Fight Club way too much. But seriously…
Well, World War III is already underway. Fucking north korea is shelling Kyiv, and they're also planning to send 50,000 soldiers to russia. I'm almost convinced they'll be used to attack the Baltic states this fall. They'll also create another migrant crisis on the border with Poland and Belarus, like they've done before. And China might attack Taiwan, because this is probably the perfect moment for it.Although I'm probably being a bit alarmist.
What other war do you want, dude?

 

[limenlux]

Damn, people here seem to like Fight Club way too much. But seriously…
Well, World War III is already underway. Fucking north korea is shelling Kyiv, and they're also planning to send 50,000 soldiers to russia. I'm almost convinced they'll be used to attack the Baltic states this fall. They'll also create another migrant crisis on the border with Poland and Belarus, like they've done before. And China might attack Taiwan, because this is probably the perfect moment for it.Although I'm probably being a bit alarmist.
What other war do you want, dude?

You're ahead of me once again. I was just about to let OP know that if they want war, I have some great news for them.

(Amateur opinions formed from the analysis of people who are way smarter than me incoming:)

I wouldn't suggest that World War III will resemble either of its predecessors, since only a few of the major participants have the equipment or bodies to throw into the fray, including the United States, whose military apparatus has been almost completely exhausted by a few months of intermittent conflict with Iran. The Iranians have their own advanced ballistic missile program, of course, but it should be observed that cheap plastic drones have worked wonders for "democratizing" warfare all over the world.

Given how successful Iran has been at striking U.S. bases and the assets of American proxies to shockingly minimal resistance, I'm curious if Russia will eventually do the same in Europe.

China plays such an incomprehensible long-game that I suspect they're hoping to wait out American global hegemony and then subsume Taiwan politically, since there's already a robust opposition party in the latter that favors reconciliation.

My greatest fear in all of this is that the United States resorts to the use of tactical nuclear missiles in Iran, accomplishing nothing but killing thousands of people on their way off the world-stage and greenlighting everyone else to do the same in the scramble to fill the power void.

 

[Lost in a Dream]

For some reason I'm getting deja vu, almost like there was a thread about this topic that I already saw a long time ago, either on this site or somewhere else, I'm not sure. I also feel like the replies were very similar with people saying NO!

I have mixed feelings about it. Me personally, I wish the greedy rich politicians waging these wars were actually willing to die in them instead of the random civilians who either get drafted or conned into enlisting doing it for them while the politicians who win get rich and wash the blood off their hands.

Like other people said, no one wins in wars, especially not the civilians who always get caught in the crossfire. Only way I would agree with the idea of a war is if it was the last war ever, and people got their heads out of their asses long enough to realize that people being dicks to each other needs to stop.

 

[rublev66]

1. Start a new revolution
2. Another group of power-hungry people comes to power, as always
3. Repeat

I don't mind, just don't touch me pleaseee

 

[peacebenow]

No. Never.

 

[rainatthebusstop]

Eh. War is kind of a moot thing because things never truly get better after a war. Also everyone is scared of nuking each other even though it would fix all of their problems with that country in an instant.

 

[Hvergelmir]

does anyone else wish for war?

Not without a clear objective. Things are relatively free and prosperous, here.
War comes with instability, massacres, and starvation, that shouldn't be taken lightly. There has to be a very strong cause for me to resort to that.

There are wars I would support, but it sounds like you just want to widespread death and destruction, to shake things up and see what comes out of it.
What is your vision, when you think it through?

 

[Pluto]

 

[lastappleonearth]

Something to change the rotten status quo. I don't think the people are going to start a revolution anytime soon in the western world. I think the only way things are gonna change is if a war breaks out.

No and I don't even think that a war would change anything here. There's nothing left to defend anyways. We can spend hundreds of billions to modernise our military, but we will still loose in any war we might face in the future. The Russians could basically throw tens of or even hundreds of thousands of North Koreans at us and there's nothing we have that could counter that. They literally blow themselves up rather than being captured. Also most western societies are based on hyper-individualism and the rejection of "nationalist" ideas. Good luck finding ppl to defend a country, when nothing means anything anymore

 

[noname223]

I think for people who experienced war this question might sound cynical and at the same time naive.

 

[Dissolving Figment]

Life sucked before war. Life sucks during war. Life will suck after war. It's the same old power game just with different faces playing it.
People who are at peace have no need for power and control over others. That always leaves the bottom of the barrel for leadership.

 

[lastappleonearth]

Btw in most nations, during war the suicide rates actually decline, because everyone has a common cause to rally around

 

[tomame]

it would be kind of cool if the world spiraled out of control in the way that i do in my mind at every moment .. but, i think that would be a kind of selfish want. lol so no

 

[PimpHand]

I want the entire Human Order to crumble.

May we go back to our humble origins, or fail with a bang.

 

[lastappleonearth]

I want the entire Human Order to crumble.

May we go back to our humble origins, or fail with a bang.

I feel like we already have failed, we just don't know it yet

 

[whyshouldinot]

On the surface, no. I don't agree with war

Somewhere subliminally these times have made me crave reality. I want something tangible, undeniable. Something to make people snap back to acting like themselves again.

 

[PersonBeforeLife]

Something to change the rotten status quo. I don't think the people are going to start a revolution anytime soon in the western world. I think the only way things are gonna change is if a war breaks out.

Please watch the award winning Grave of the fireflies. And then reconsider your perspective.

However I do believe there's too many people like myself that society should cull to reduce our numbers. There's just too many of us destroying the lives of everyone else like me because biologically we are too many for the world to supply.

Personally I don't know why the hell we haven't moved from second generation to 3rd generation economics yet. We should be starting the 4th generation or be newly into the 4th generation by now. I blame terrible monetary fiscal policies and poor reserve bank policies. And politicians and voters who just refuse to connect the dots.

 

[SoLowHollow48]

I feel like wars throughout history have brought about the inventions and improvement of many things but at the cost of civilians who do not even want to be a part of it????

If you want destruction then just join a race and crash your car into a tree. If you want a revolution, join a march and don't be afraid of a little tear gas here and there. Don't involve an entire generation that will be traumatized or even genetically altered like the Viets with Agent Orange.

Wars are often fought unfairly. Just remember that. There's no honor in supporting one and fighting one. You're just some puppet of a richer, bigger person.

 

[90377lethe]

Unstable climate and severe weather will eventually force a change in the status quo. Although it may come too late.