
Originally Posted by
JamesWales
People look too much into this. I agree the world is unstable, but when in the last 100 years was it not? When in the last 500 years was it not?
World war one, stock market crash, rise of fascism, world war 2, iron curtain, spread of communism, threat of nuclear apocalypse, Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, end of communism in Europe, rise of China, climate issues, endless wars in the middle east, Israel and Palestine, Russia and Ukraine...
The threat of chaos is the norm isnt it? Seems the 1990s was perhaps a bit of a sweet spot and the rebirth of many democracies in Eastern Europe etc, but we didn't know how that would pan out and in itself only set up what we have seen in Georgia and now Ukraine.
I know it sounds depressing, but I do think "the end is nigh" crowd sometimes wear rose tinted specs