The way that I often hear it described is the spark that blew up the powder keg that was Europe at the time. Obviously a spark alone would do very little without the gunpowder there to be ignited, so there’re definitely different levels of causation, but I think there is a sense in which the assassination can be seen as a causative element
babybus@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Yeah, but that meme implies causation, and I can’t agree with that.
CiderApplenTea@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
It was an action which was taken as a reason to start a war, so yes, there was causation
babybus@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
One would have to learn history from memes to reach that conclusion.
AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 5 weeks ago
The way that I often hear it described is the spark that blew up the powder keg that was Europe at the time. Obviously a spark alone would do very little without the gunpowder there to be ignited, so there’re definitely different levels of causation, but I think there is a sense in which the assassination can be seen as a causative element