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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I don't know anyone who has said that they expect war explicitly start in 2029. That seems sort of arbitrary really, conflict in Ukraine is going badly now I can't see why it would be different in three years.

[–] tenebrisnox@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why then do they all invariably give such a definite date rather than something like "next five years" or "next decade" or even other dates like "2028/2030/2031/2032"? Somewhere a decision has been made about this date. (Historically, we know that World War One, for instance, was actively planned and prepared for for a number of years before it happened.)

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't think there is a plan to have a war, what would be the point? We have nukes now, it would be a plan for everyone to die.

[–] tenebrisnox@feddit.uk 0 points 1 week ago

Who knows? Drone war? Robots fighting? Wag the Dog-style fake war? Billionaires have built some deep bunkers in remote parts of the world.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

In 2029 Trump will be out. Putin, if still alive, will have lost a major ally.