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I don't know if I'm going crazy but looking at the current situation in the world ... please tell me that I'm overexagurating

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[โ€“] nitefox@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

yes, probably over one of the following things:

  • USA invading mexico for "muh terrorism";
  • Russia winning in Ukraine
  • China invading Taiwan

Any of these events will set off the others

When Trump was elected again I spent about 3 weeks living with an existential dread I've never in my life felt before.

Whenever it happens, it is coming.

[โ€“] guy@piefed.social 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

You are probably overexaggerating.
There are increased conflicts over the world but no signs of a world war.

First there are no willing candidates for it. Not even Russia which is engaged in a war is willing to make the push to engage NATO, which is the closest to a world war we would get.
Neither is Iran willing to go into war which was very obvious after their actions when Israel made ample opportunities for them to escalate conflict.
And for China.. well war is bad for business, and China really likes doing business.

However the US with Trump at the helm. ๐Ÿคท Who the fuck knows. Maybe not world war but I am adding military occupation of Panama and Greenland to my bingo just in case.

[โ€“] jsomae@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

There are bad things happening in the world, conflicts, ecological disasters, economic upheavels, and political upheavals. It's easy to look at these bad things and assume things are much worse than they are. Nobody wants there to be a world war 3.

[โ€“] Auli@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

1 to 2 years no. Next decade sure. The super powers are isolating themselves as their economies become less entwined I expect something to happen.

[โ€“] lorty@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 6 days ago

Very likely, yes.

[โ€“] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Maybe next decade, doubt it will be the next 2 years.

[โ€“] Bazoogle@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I assume the time span was because of a certain penis potato. Sorry, I mean dictator.

It already started.

[โ€“] intensely_human@lemm.ee -1 points 6 days ago

WW3 began in 2022

[โ€“] Hubi@feddit.org 98 points 1 week ago (5 children)

please tell me that Iโ€™m overexagurating

You're overexaggerating.

[โ€“] jimmy90@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

this person needs to tell us what about the "current situation" they think is so bad before we can assess how mentally diverse they are

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Nah, there won't be WW3. Instead we get countries sabotaging each other via hacking critical infrastructure, proxy wars, propaganda, trade wars.

I doubt there will ever be a direct "hot war" between the top five nuclear powers ever again.

WW3 is not what's gonna kill people, climate change is more likely gonna be humanity's downfall.

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