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Douglas_Knight comments on No peace in our time? - Less Wrong Discussion

9 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 26 May 2015 02:41PM

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 27 May 2015 09:06:32PM -1 points [-]

"The proliferation of states in the 20th century" was not an exogenous event, but explicit decisions made by the victors of WWI and WWII, specifically to prevent violence, so they should get credit for them.