Please don't take HN threads on generic flamewar tangents and especially not nationalistic ones. That's not what this site is for.
(Edit: and we've had to ask you about this numerous times in the past. That's not cool.)
(Edit: and we've had to ask you about this numerous times in the past. That's not cool.)
After all, the name of the article is "War Starts," and it begins by clearly hinting at the tensions between the US and China. The build-up of military assets on the border of Russia with Ukraine may merely be posturing [1], or it may be preparation for an invasion (which doesn't seem impossible a priori, given that Russia has invaded Ukraine in the past decade). In either case, it seems to me that this sort of international posturing/brinksmanship is very relevant to the article's discussion. A key question the article seemingly poses is whether war will die out, or whether it remains an essential part of society.
[1] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/3/how-real-is-the-thr...
Hot generic topics are like black holes that suck in any unsuspecting spaceships that fly nearby. Our goal is to steer clear of those, because they lead to the most repetitive and inflamed sorts of discussion, drowning out anything that is quieter or more obscure, and ultimately, anything interesting.
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