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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I don't buy it because technology has given us the ability to be more selective in our application of violence. Wars will probably have lower casualty counts but will be every bit as destructive on an economic scale. If you look at the two wars that the American's fought recently, the casualties were far lower then what you saw in previous wars because of the use of technology.
Lets be honest, if you look at the brutallity of WW2, it was a cleaner war in a lot of ways then WW1, which was cleaner then the wars in the past where artillary was indescriminant and the action was extremely close quarters.
We're not becoming less violent, we're getting more proficient at it.
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Very very soon, "boots on the ground" will involve very few humans, so the casualty figures (for the "good" guys) will keep going down. There are already hardly any humans in the air hunting AQ and T in Pakistan. Soon, I imagine, it will be robotic tanks and soldiers on the ground.