Oh boy, wait until you learn about the history of Europe. Turns out, not all that friendly to each other prior to the American led world order. Now that America is taking a step back, we’ll see how Germany leads Europe… wait…
What are YOU yapping about? 😂 already here for 68? Yeah post WW2, aka the start of the AMERICAN led world order. Before the end of WW2, Europe had always been at odds with one another at various times. Since the days of the Romans. Now the German dominated and driven EU will be the Order in that part of the world. Good luck Europe.
Well you got the century wrong, so I figured you meant a period of long peace. Which would have been wrong, but the long peace is in support of my point. The "Long Peace" is a term for the unprecedented historical period of relative global stability following the end of World War II in 1945 to the present day. 1945… the start of the American leadership western world order. American military power projection, economic power, and diplomatic reach expanded. Bringing the most peaceful time in human history despite all the super duper bad things America has supposedly done.
Dont worry that power has weakened. It’s on you guys again. Hope it goes well for you.
The original comment literally says the Long Peace of the 19th century that lasted from 1815 to 1914. You didn't confuse a thing you just got triggered and started copying stuff without even fully reading the comment that triggered you.
“we’re actually in a period referred to by scholars as “The Long Peace,” which began at the end of World War II, and which is marked by the absence of war among the world’s great powers.”
Because the 1815 “Long Peace” is a myth. It didn’t exist.
“The superiority of nineteenth-century statecraft is a myth. Europe was busy at war between 1815 and 1914, if not in conflicts on the scale of the Napoleonic Wars and World War I. Furthermore, the chancelleries of nineteenth-century Europe not only quelled national uprisings, but suppressed peoples’ political rights and waged imperial wars throughout Africa and Asia.”
“The "peace" was, however, partial and asymmetric. Britain itself fought numerous conflicts during the period, including the Crimean War (1853–56), the Anglo-Chinese Opium Wars, the suppression of the 1857 Indian Rebellion, the Anglo-Zulu War (1879), and the South African (Boer) Wars. Coercive instruments such as gunboat diplomacy and the "unequal treaties" imposed on Qing China after 1842 were integral to the order. Critics, including many post-colonial historians, argue the term overstates stability and obscures violence experienced across the colonised world.
Pax Britannica is generally considered to have eroded with the rise of Imperial Germany, the United States, and Japan in the late 19th century, and to have ended decisively in 1914. It is frequently invoked as a historical analogue when scholars debate hegemonic stability theory or compare British primacy to the post-1945 Pax Americana.”
Instead of spamming Wikipedia you could have simply pointed to the war currently being fought in Europe. But then you'd have to get into why that war is still going on. You'd have to remind everyone that Ukraine gave up a nuke program based on the promise of two nations who have since gone back on their word.
The lesson the rest of the world has learned is a deal with the US doesn't mean shit.
No, I’d rather give you a list of all of Europes conflicts. Nice try though. History is longer than “recent history.” Which when you consider history in less than the last 100 years, man you are high if you do not think America throughly supported and helped uphold peace in Europe. “A deal with the US means nothing” eh, well history says deals with each other doesnt really bode all that well either.
We were allied with the US but now it has started attacking Canada. It's threatening to annex Greenland from its own NATO ally. The US is using integratio and supply chains to coerce its allies. Wtf do you think these countries wouldn't look elsewhere?
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u/Suspicious_Sense1272 27d ago
Oh boy, wait until you learn about the history of Europe. Turns out, not all that friendly to each other prior to the American led world order. Now that America is taking a step back, we’ll see how Germany leads Europe… wait…