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tsoukase ◴[] No.45900869[source]
There might be no 80 year long period in global history more peaceful than the current (measured by war fatalities per global population). And this happened due to a single reason: nuclear warheads. The super-powers USA, China, India whatever better go back to a cold war: stable balance, no casualties, only media fights. Every body, war guys and normal people, is happy. And in case the things escalate we are all to a sudden death than to a painful recovery.
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1. carefulfungi ◴[] No.45901383[source]
I thought this was interesting speculation and googled quickly.

It seems... debatable? Close? Obviously a challenging dataset to gather accurately.

https://www3.nd.edu/~dhoward1/Rates%20of%20Death%20in%20War....