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>MAD hasn’t prevented wars

I disagree. While yes there were still proxy wars for the last 50 years, there has been no all out world war. Considering that for the 500 years before WW2 there was wars nearly every 20 years between major powers, this is an improvement.

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That’s because Europe realized it could not sustain another war of that destructiveness. So there have been no wars in Europe, but I don’t think it’s impossible that another WW1 like crisis could occur again, especially with tensions high between China, The US and Russia.

> That’s because Europe realized it could not sustain another war of that destructiveness.

That's what people in Europe thought after WW1, yet WW2 happened. I hope this time you're right.

Tensions aren't really high between China, US, and Russia. We are all huge trading partners, and no one wants to see the money stop flowing. In any time besides modern history they would be considered friendly.

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