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I don't know if I'm going crazy but looking at the current situation in the world ... please tell me that I'm overexagurating

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[โ€“] nitefox@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

yes, probably over one of the following things:

  • USA invading mexico for "muh terrorism";
  • Russia winning in Ukraine
  • China invading Taiwan

Any of these events will set off the others

[โ€“] myrrh@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 weeks ago

...i think the early stages will be fuzzy over the next four years but the `states will be fully engaged within six...

[โ€“] guy@piefed.social 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You are probably overexaggerating.
There are increased conflicts over the world but no signs of a world war.

First there are no willing candidates for it. Not even Russia which is engaged in a war is willing to make the push to engage NATO, which is the closest to a world war we would get.
Neither is Iran willing to go into war which was very obvious after their actions when Israel made ample opportunities for them to escalate conflict.
And for China.. well war is bad for business, and China really likes doing business.

However the US with Trump at the helm. ๐Ÿคท Who the fuck knows. Maybe not world war but I am adding military occupation of Panama and Greenland to my bingo just in case.

[โ€“] satans_methpipe@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

It already started.

[โ€“] sit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 weeks ago

Thankfully nukes exist = (war on a big enough scale = mutual destruction (the people in power want to keep their position))

[โ€“] Vaggumon@lemm.ee -1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Hope so, it's long past time for a reboot.

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[โ€“] Auli@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 weeks ago

1 to 2 years no. Next decade sure. The super powers are isolating themselves as their economies become less entwined I expect something to happen.

[โ€“] intensely_human@lemm.ee -2 points 2 weeks ago

WW3 began in 2022

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