Why do you think the modern world behaves differently to threats than we did 100 years ago? Are we getting lazy? Or do we not care?

[Anonymous]

The shadow fleet as it is being called is just one example that Russia has been inciting world war three for some time. Why is nobody reacting the way they used to? Dictators only back down to strength, not being ignored. What are your thoughts?

[OneViewpoint]

The world is different from 100 years ago? What planet have you been living on. 100 years ago.

• A fascist Benito Mussolini was rampaging through Italy
• Francisco Franco, another fascist, came to power in Spain after the Spanish Civil War.
• Adolph Hitler was stirring up trouble in GERMANY AFTER WWI with the Nazi Party.
• Josef Stalin was killing his way to power in the Russian Communist Party.
• Portugal, Hungary, Austria, and Romania also flirted with fascism.
• The USA was in the hands of a group of Oligarchs known as the Robber Barons during a period known as the Gilded Age. They thoroughly corrupted government with their wealth same as what's happening today.

If you think this shit is new, you slept through history class. It's just another wave in a perpetual cycle that happens every 100 years or so.

[Asker]

It's far less reactive. People appear to be going soft.

[DryGermanGuy]

I think we have to relearn warfare, namely hybrid warfare. It’s a chaotic and stumbling start, but we will get there. The shadow fleet is added to the sanctions list ship by ship and some sabotage crews have been detained.

[Asker]

That "We're in a war but not at war" comment triggered me. Why not? Stand up to them.

[Anonymous]

Nuclear weapons

One of those gets involved and it's game over for planet Earth

[Asker]

Good point

[beefcakebradybatson]

The world has become dumber and much more craven in recent decades, and more prone to kowtow to, and in many cases admire thugs such as Putin, Xi, Orban, Erdogan, and other gangsters.