Comment on third time's the charm?
nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 1 day ago- Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864): ~30 million deaths, mostly civilian
- American Civil War (1861–1865): about 620,000 soldiers died; disease accounted for a very large share. Deadliest war in U.S. history. Society has arguably still not recovered.
- Rwandan genocide / civil war context (1994): ~800,000 killed in roughly 100 days, with extreme neighbor-on-neighbor violence ("they’re eating the cats!")
- Syrian civil war (2011–present): 300k+ civilian deaths … so far
- Sudan civil war (2023–present): 13 million refugees, widespread hunger, health-system collapse
What made them catastrophic?
*Violence spread into civilian life. * This meant famine, disease, refugees, and economic ruin kill civilians disproportionately.
homes@piefed.world 1 day ago
if your argument is that wars are destructive and problematic… eh.. heh.. nobody on earth, ever, will debate that. I don’t know what you’re trying to win there, but.. eh…
anyway, still, even with the lost civil wars among those (a couple?) they were all worth fighting, (most because they were won).
Not sure what your point was, but, ultimately, your post backs up my point, so thanks!
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
That’s easy to say for the living, and for people who have never witnessed this kind of shit first hand.
I’m not the person you’ve been replying to, and I share your concerns, and the belief that we are rapidly running put of options. But I’m not comfortable making such sweeping chipper statements about this stuff when I’ve been privileged enough to never experience it.
homes@piefed.world 1 day ago
so… you’re comfortable assuming things you couldn’t possibly know about people you’ve never met while making a bunch of statements about things you couldn’t possibly know in contexts and places you’ve never been while openly and proudly admitting it?
do you expect a prize or medal for that?
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
No, I’m comfortable assuming that someone who had actually been through war wouldn’t be so casual speaking of it.
Also, a bunch of statements? Motherfucker that was my first comment this thread.
If you’re ready for bodies in the streets, more power to you. But get off the chair and get the fuck to it instead of ushering others into the grinder.