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* For large portions of history we didn't even bother to ''name'' our wars. War was the normal state of being except in the core of large states. In other words the only places where there was peace was where one faction had [[Curb Stomp Battle|curb stomped]] everyone else in the area. |
* For large portions of history we didn't even bother to ''name'' our wars. War was the normal state of being except in the core of large states. In other words the only places where there was peace was where one faction had [[Curb Stomp Battle|curb stomped]] everyone else in the area. |
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** According to a UN statistic published in 2000 in the 100 years of the 20th Century there have been roughly 5 minutes of peace. The rest of the time there was a war being fought somewhere on Earth. Despite that, however, it was actually ''less'' violent than any previous century going by percentage of population lost. |
** According to a UN statistic published in 2000 in the 100 years of the 20th Century there have been roughly 5 minutes of peace. The rest of the time there was a war being fought somewhere on Earth. Despite that, however, it was actually ''less'' violent than any previous century going by percentage of population lost. |
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* [[The Mafia|Organized Crime]] and the police have what amounts to a permanent counterinsurgency in a number of cities. At least it looks like a counterinsurgency with espionage, hearts-and-minds operations and so forth. As the government has overwhelming force and the mob mainly wants to go about it's nefarious business the analogy only goes so far. |
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* Similarly even in peacetime all nations are constantly engaged in espionage on each other. |
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