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Originally Posted by jwb
What you're describing is universal. Very few people are principled enough to sacrifice themselves for the greater good
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Duh. America isn't ****. Humans are ****.
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But we are better at least than our former selves in that we aren't carpet bombing cities. We actually consider collateral damage a bad thing.
This is actually not the norm for humans. We've been waging total war since Cain and Abel. And most societies today are quite behind on the times. The ones that aren't are usually being protected by the united States.
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We aren't carpet bombing cities because we don't need to carpet bomb cities. NATO is a pretty good empire that encapsulates a significant portion of the world's most militarily and economically powerful countries. And we weren't that much more culturally advanced when we were carpet bombing cities. The difference between now and WW2 isn't one of cultural advancement, but one of treaty advancement. Start total war with China and I imagine cities will start to turn into glass regardless of rules of war that exist because the nations that agree upon them are allies.