Are we headed toward World War 3?

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^^^ This is the same conspiracy s**t that led to WW2. That is the narrative the Nazis pushed, that Germany was somehow betrayed by Jews, socialists, cosmopolitan citizens who were not German enough and that is why they lost WW1 and got bad peace terms. Dolkstosslegende. It was nonsense then and it is nonsense now. Worrying that these kind of conspiracy theories are so in vogue again. The butthurt against "international bankers" was also in vogue during the 30s just like it is today.

Hasn't the world been in WW3 since 2001? If not, then are we heading towards the second Cold War?

I think we very well might be but I can't really predict when. On the other hand, I take everything I say and think about this subject with a grain of salt because most of what I have is a 'feeling of unease/discomfort' about what's happening in the world these days but can't really name THE factor, or THE country that'll spark a war. Besides, I don't follow the news too fanatically and even if I would do so more, it feels as though I'm looking at a projection on a veil, behind which is the 'actual reality' simple people like me don't get to see. As if they pick aspects of the real reality and show them to me and present that as objective and how is just is.

One of the reasons I don't really try to predict stuff usually is because I can reason from the current situation and think of some scenarios, I might even see patterns, but I can't predict world-changing events (for better or for worse) and they can eventually have absolutely huge influence, but it makes any prediction pretty pointless.

Besides that, I see the desire to predict the future as a human way to gain a sense of 'control' and realising that it's what I see as a psychological mechanism rather than anything accurate or sensible I don't really try to do so anymore. On the other hand, the world's really tense right now and/but it can get a lot worse.

If Europe (where I live) enters a world war I fear we might have a civil war as well.

I just hope we widened up enough to not let millions die in a pointless slaughter because we're unable to just discuss who's the most right.

As much as some religious fundamentalists will love to see that per apocalyptic prophecies of the human world ending, as a self-fulfilling prophecy, World War 3 is NOT GOING TO happen, for obvious reasons.

The folks with money and REAL POWER
who are in control, are NOT fundamentalist leaning religious folks
BASING WARRING terrorist actions on religious ideology or other illusory
ideologies.

They are all about power and money,
and are way way way too selfish,
to ever sacrifice their lives
for a notion of religion or
other silly ideological illusion
instead of REASON AND COLD HARD CASH.

WORLD WAR THREE ASSURES MUTUAL destruction.

Thanks GOD for 'psychopathic' leaning leaders,
AS they are way too selfish
to commit suicide for an ideology.

They are all about the money, and ironically that is a life saving ideology
when it comes to mutual destruction through nuclear war-heads of death.

Politics is all about human emotions. And while there is 'ISIS'
there is the all mighty dollar protecting human life too,
as well as 'psychopathic' leaning minds
that are totally selfish..

Where so called dark
becomes
light.
too.

Where 'psychopaths'
become the saviors
of humankind
wittingly
or
NOT.

I sleep soundly at night
realizing 'psychopathic'
leaders will never ever
let World WAR 3
become a reality.

But on the other hand
I more fully live and
understand the human
condition in just one life
time to more fully
understand this
with both
cognitive
and
affective
empathy more fully in tow..

Has anyone here heard of John Titor?

as the world becomes more and more interdependent, the likelihood of WWW3 ever happening gets smaller and smaller.

If it happens it will be more likely because action-reaction and miscommunication, misreading intent, leaders finding themselves drawn in much deeper then intended then a drawn up plan for world conquest. I think what has people worried are a number situations where this is plausible plus a few psychopathic leader and the increasing religious elements.

The question is: could the main industrialized powers start fighting each other? The main powers being Russia, the EU, the USA, China, Japan. And emerging industrialized countries like India.

Factions in the third world could slaughter each other to their hearts' delight it wouldn't be "a world war". The current wars in the middle east steal the headlines, but arent likely to cause a world war ( ie a war waged by the superpowers directly against other super powers).

But the current crises in the Ukraine is a possible flash point between powerful industrialized countries: NATO/EU, and the USA, on one hand, and the Putin on the other. Its a territorial dispute right there in Europe. A little undiplomatic diplomacy-and bang- the superpowers could start shooting at each other.

Niether China nor the USA want a war with the other. Both are eager to keep on trading with the other. Conceivably the two Korean tails could wag the two dogs (their respective super power allies). North Korea could invade the South drawing both the US and China in.