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Before WW1 people also believed that large scale European conflict couldn't happen any more because of the economic entanglement. In hindsight, that notion looks pretty stupid.

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Currently we believe it's impossible due to nuclear weapons - there wouldn't be anything left to fight over or with.

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. - Albert Einstein

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