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Saturday, March 21, 2015

Why We’re Drifting Towards World War 3

Financial Experts: World War Looms … Unless We Stop It

The Economist argues that there are ominous parallels between the conditions which led to the first world war and today:

The United States is Britain, the superpower on the wane, unable to guarantee global security. Its main trading partner, China, plays the part of Germany, a new economic power bristling with nationalist indignation and building up its armed forces rapidly. Modern Japan is France, an ally of the retreating hegemon and a declining regional power. The parallels are not exact—China lacks the Kaiser’s territorial ambitions and America’s defence budget is far more impressive than imperial Britain’s—but they are close enough for the world to be on its guard.

Which, by and large, it is not. The most troubling similarity between 1914 and now is complacency. Businesspeople today are like businesspeople then: too busy making money to notice the serpents flickering at the bottom of their trading screens. Politicians are playing with nationalism just as they did 100 years ago. China’s leaders whip up Japanophobia, using it as cover for economic reforms, while Shinzo Abe stirs Japanese nationalism for similar reasons.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well put,but it sounds unavoidable.

Anonymous said...

The Kenyan is driving us to WW3. He is behind the wheel giving the finger to everyone he passes.

Anonymous said...

His way to a third term , his highness , his majesty , the king and savior of the world. Jesus Christ has a competitor.