Is War Over? - A Paradox Explained

We live in the most peaceful time in human history. Wait, what? Seriously? That can't be right, there are more wars than ever! Well, no and they're killing fewer and fewer people, even though the world population is at an all-time high...and the numbers prove it! We explain how we came to this conclusion, and why war might... go away.
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[@kendrikb]

Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell I feel special being the only person to like this and comment on it

[@fafablablabla]

I love all the design Kurzgesagt was made. They're incredibly beautiful!

[@cro1ssauntt]

Ken no ur not lol

[@kenji593]

I have a question in 1:46 why is malaysian Borneo is floating

[@Randomguy-wd5lw]

When will you make a video about nuclear weapon?

[@dijital4801]

"Russia is invading Ukraine and the Palestinians and Israelis are still fighting" aged like fine wine

[@user-cj5jd1nh6h]

I’ve been looking for this aged wine review

[@springrollwang4441]

But it's different though, the scale is much larger and China is playing a bigger role in challenging the West and USA by preparing full scale war.

[@nuke291]

you are quoting it?does he say that at any point?

[@pagmonreal]

@@nuke291 literally in the first minute

[@merucrypoison296]

Even doe nothing ever happens

[@oddgorl23]

"The Russians are invading Ukraine." - Kurzgesagt, *2014*

[@Rook6666]

Ah, the comment I came here to find or make.

[@69dm]

never expected to see a political propaganda on Kurzgesagt

[@irishbattletoster9265]

@@69dm what?

[@ybotter9557]

@@irishbattletoster9265 they get their news of facebook just let it happen

[@OMEGA-bg6xe]

and now russia bombards the ukraine😔😔

[@getthehelloffmyproperty]

“Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everyone is standing around reloading” ― Thomas Jefferson

[@simarkarmani4034]

Nobody: All the soldiers: WHY IS THE MAGAZINE NOT FITTING?!

[@internet_userr]

​@@simarkarmani4034Nobody: You: I need to write a nonsensical comment based on nothing but my own opinion

[@dumbdudesdostuff-ys5km]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@simarkarmani4034yeah that makes no sense. Pretty crappy comment, ngl. But I don’t understand the critic by internet-userr. How is that her opinion?

[@internet_userr]

@@dumbdudesdostuff-ys5km austistics no one asced uou are have sutoposj

[@Will-yy7cg]

Thomas Jefferson never said that. It's a slight rephrasing of a quote by Robert G. Ingersoll from 1882: "What they call peace is the little time necessarily spent in reloading their guns"

[@SpaceAc0rn]

Video is 8 years old Still starts with "Russia is invading Ukraine and the Isrealis and Palestinians continue to slug it out"

[@CanadianPatriot224]

Yeah 😅

[@springrollwang4441]

differences is the scale of war is much larger, alliances formed, and China is hitting the gas paddle on preparing for full scale war

[@merucrypoison296]

Bbc

[@jgbonkers4364]

This video is 7 years old but it still starts with "Russia is invading Ukraine"

[@jgbonkers4364]

@@your_averageboi9083 I know, I just found it funny because I watched this the day after Russia 8nvaded Ukraine again

[@TCAPChrisHandsome]

Putin wants the Soviet Union back, but Ukraine has been getting friendly with western countries. If Russia loses in Ukraine, then any plan of a new Soviet Union is dead, but if they win Ukraine, then it might scare any other old satellite states into rejoining Russia.

[@cr4yv3n]

It could be 300 years old, Russia would still invade some eastern European country. Russia only is stopped with force. This is the only language they understand.

[@cr4yv3n]

@@TCAPChrisHandsome haha it will scare any countries NOT IN NATO to join it FASTER.

[@someonerandomlol1752]

This is...

[@Castizo.]

Kurzgesagt: "Is war over?" Putin: "lmao, no."

[@wirtuozsnu]

aged like milk

[@mantadestroyer726]

Our country

[@LukyOnYoutube]

Your normal comment: Kurzgesagt: “Is war over?” Putin: “lmao, no.” What the “Translate to English” thinks you said: In short: “Is war over?” Putin: “lmao, no.” Google translate he like lol

[@outofthebox9699]

Was waiting for this comment.

[@subswithoutvideos-fs8nc]

Yea lol

[@YuRiSunga]

While the war between Ukraine and Russia is mentioned, it is retroactively accurate. At the time of video’s release, Russia invaded Crimea, then followed by the Donbas regions. 8 years later, Russia began invading the rest of Ukraine. Edit: 500 likes!

[@Anik6]

⅓ of Donbas have Z on their cars

[@vg133]

возможно я вас всех удивлю, но Донецкая народная республика, Луганская народная республика, это независимые государства по решению вашей любимой ДЕМОКРАТИИ и Украина вторглась в них первой.

[@R3X_x]

@@vg133 Господи, демократ ты юный. кроме росиси и пары других бомжатских стран, демократический мир не признает т.н. ДНР и ЛНР. Или хочешь сказать, что несанкционированные "референдумы" под дулами автоматов - является признаком демократии?

[@ldSt3345]

@@vg133 возможно я тебя удивлю, но непризнанные государства суверенными не являются.

[@PewDiePie777]

@@vg133 🤯🤯🤯

[@jodofe4879]

Kurzgesagt: "If we don't have one major war in the next 75 years we can be really confident humanity is changing." Reality: "War... War never changes."

[@ilillilllli111]

But we havent

[@hannes5633]

@@ilillilllli111 seems like you live under a rock my friend 🙈

[@rafexrafexowski4754]

​@@hannes5633 The war in Ukraine is a minor conflict. We are talking about a world war, which will not happen until anti-nuke technology cancels out nukes and we return to traditional military conflicts. Or when someone makes a really, really stupid decision, which is always a possibility.

[@Bluelizard87]

No, war will never end. As long as we have the youtube comment section....

[@ibrax1]

No never war will never no end.

[@ThePrimith]

***** Ron Pearlman: Flame war..... flame war never changes.

[@NockKnock1]

***** War will end you idiot

[@incyray9709]

***** LMAO

[@Bluelizard87]

Benet Zheng *is trying to start a war about if wars are going to end or not*

[@andruaj918]

"war is cringe" - Sun Tzu, the art of war

[@alexander.7805]

Sun Tzu said that no state can benefit from long term warfare, so that quote is more or less true even when it's a meme

[@UUGamez]

@Dylan "Peace is epic" -Me

[@jodofe4879]

That actually isn't far from what Sun Tzu really wrote: "The greatest victory is that which requires no battle." Sun Tzu teaches that war should be avoided whenever possible. And when avoiding war is not possible the war must be ended as quickly as possible in order to avoid a prolonged, destructive conflict that is detrimental to the state and the people.

[@SchopenhauerVsCamus]

“my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard” - Ayn Rand, atlas shrugged

[@binay413963]

@@jodofe4879 I did not know abiut this quote but considering that tsun zu apparently was a very snart person when it cines to war i tried to think about war with the mind of tsun zu and came to exact same conclusion and I knew that irrespective of what people say in u tube tsun zu must have thought the same thing

[@ilyamakarchuk]

"None is an active war between countries" - this aged really poorly 😢

[@PrimeGaming10]

Hello Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell from past , this is me in the future confirming that those first sentences in this video did not disappoint :D

[@thegator589]

I just watched this video and was like “oh this is super relevant to current events” then I saw it was 6 years old, these conflicts have been dragging out

[@Ben4A]

I know , that just shows that our politicians are not really helping . ( In my opinion Leftists are worse )

[@Kaldrin]

@@Ben4A leftist are literally for peace and social justice I don't see how that's gonna create more wars than racism and nationalism

[@falco5148]

@@Kaldrin Biden sent troops back to syria,he continued building the """racist""" wall,anarchists destroy shops owned by minorities while claiming to support them,blm co-founder buys 2 million dollar home with donations and doesn't move a finger to help rebuild communities,leftists hate whites just because of their skin colour even if they are white themselves,college brainwashes people into communism.Tell me if this isn't racial prejudice by leftists,go ahead and make me laugh.

[@pedropedrohan102]

@@Ben4A bruh why did you say that look what you did

[@pedropedrohan102]

@@Kaldrin don't talk about politics

[@nairda55555]

"If we just never declare wars, then they don't technically count as a war. World peace forever!" ~every world leader since WW2

[@orchdork775]

Also, if you don't declare war, then you can't be charged with war crimes. Genius!! 😂

[@CBRN-115]

So this is what happens when you use 100% of your brainpower

[@yoboikamil525]

@@orchdork775 Isreal be like

[@Burn_Angel]

This is sadly accurate.

[@infinitespace2520]

@@orchdork775 And if you illegaly kidnap people, they don't count as war criminals... Ridiculously impressive

[@artekatian]

Kurzgesagt-"war might be over" 2022-are you sure about that?

[@mouse-uldefect2748]

This video stands as proof that humanity isnt actually getting better, it is simply just harder and less usefull to start wars. Most people would still be capable of doing the same vile things that were done in the past.

[@rafexrafexowski4754]

The only reason that war stopped happening is the fact that nukes exist. The reasons shown in the video are actually comparatively unimportant compared to nukes, as they practically all apply in some way since the 19th century.

[@mouse-uldefect2748]

@@rafexrafexowski4754 you may be right. I only tried to say that people are as awful as they have always been.

[@colorado841]

The nuclear bomb makes war impossible to win in a lot of cases. War is arguably less likely now but the consequences of war would be infinity worse.

[@kiran8656]

*infinitely

[@nuurabdullahi5244]

how can you say that?

[@eliopalombi]

Nuur Abdullahi first of all, don’t like your own comment. Secondly, because the threat of a nuclear bomb makes leaders less likely to wage war. However, if nuclear war did break out, the consequences would be much greater. It’s not that hard a concept to understand.

[@kiran8656]

@@eliopalombi why you have a problem with anyone liking their own comment. Free will, it's not that hard a concept to understand.

[@eliopalombi]

kiran its also free will to go on a murder spree, does that mean that you support it?

[@Burn_Angel]

That awkward moment when a Kurzgesagt video doesn't give you an existential crisis.

[@nathansmyrek4233]

Yeah it actully kinda makes my hopes go up

[@g33xzi11a]

That’s the neoliberal analgesic working.

[@nataliecameron]

Let's fix that, this entire video confused the words "peace" and "quiet"

[@germanm4944]

2020

[@NaNekoRx10]

@@g33xzi11a neoliberalism is killing My country!

[@basszombies450]

Its almost like Team Kurzgesagt looked a few years into the future with this one lmao

[@Legalisenuclearbombs]

Intro hasnt been more true for over 9 years

[@alechernandez9982]

“Only the dead have seen the end of war” -Plato

[@DayTripTookItTo10]

Who is plato?

[@disappointedramsay1152]

A greek philosopher

[@DayTripTookItTo10]

@@disappointedramsay1152 thx

[@jesstitle3001]

That's deep.

[@DayTripTookItTo10]

@@jesstitle3001 That is what Candice said

[@TheCbrown146]

...then everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked!

[@roadtrain_]

I feel special cause I'm the 100th like lmao

[@TheCbrown146]

It's the little things in life.

[@Blackwingsss]

... but then the Winged Hussars arrived!

[@pocohoho7842]

TheCbrown146 *Trump

[@Nugcon]

lol

[@lazergaming5652]

Kurzgesagt: Is war over" Putin: Interesting... but no

[@artemhaiovyi9183]

I am eager to see the same video from current perspective.

[@crystalcat1002]

Switzerland: What is this "war" thing everyone is talking about?

[@Sheikh_diane]

xD

[@alexiss6990]

But we sadly know very well what slavery and taking financial advantage out of colonialism is

[@Jeandenisdelajacquette]

Last time you went at war was against napoleon lmao

[@aurelia8028]

You do know that switzerland can still get bombed pretty easily, right?

[@crystalcat1002]

@@aurelia8028 It didn't though.

[@cyansuy3062]

I thought that wars mostly stopped due to the concept of MAD (mutually assured destruction). With many global superpowers possessing nuclear weapons, a war between them would practically be the end of the world. I don’t think it’s people being nicer, but people not wanting the weather forecast to announce nuclear winter

[@randomdude2026]

Yeah. That's the biggest reason in my opinion.

[@gerardovelazquez724]

thats what stoped us from using nuclear weapons..... wars were still fought, but the fact is that little y little humanity has become more prosperous than ever before, even if the gap between rich and normal riches has being made larger, the people cosidered poor now have more resources than the poor 30 or 40 year ago. the people getting by has expanded, people living well also, and extreme poverty was subsided for the first time in history..... thats...... before covid lockdown thats it

[@adrianobittencourt2737]

most of the countries dont have mass destruction weapons, why they are not in war? I do think people are really getting nicer kkkkk

[@randomdude2026]

@@adrianobittencourt2737 Because even the little countries have big friends that have nuclear weapons .

[@michaelindo4605]

MAD only assures that nuclear weapons are never used. It doesn't guarantee that a war will never happen. The reason war is so rare nowadays is because every democracy is allied with largest military power in the world, and any conflict would involve the US involved in some capacity.

[@baranafsar1251]

This video is 8 years old but it still starts with "Hamas−Israel Conflict"

[@stormstargd247]

5:19 *Russia & Ukraine:* _Gets mentioned_ *Armenia & Azerbaijan:* _Fighting in the backrooms_

[@MonteChrisko_]

Number 4: Nuclear weapons.

[@Wm7forthewin]

yep

[@supergamer4015]

Thats 5 and maybe war finance.we need to concentrate and race on growing buddy

[@davem1658]

thats right this video missed Nuclear weapons as a deterrence to war. kinda dumb really

[@MonteChrisko_]

@@supergamer4015 You're right, it is number 5. Nonetheless I think it is a reason.

[@ryanspencer3106]

it's the sole reason, none of the other points would matter if another country could invade without the threat of mutually assured destruction, case in point the cold war. even after that true peace was prevented the second the monopoly on nukes was broken, hence two opposing views hence friction hence enevetible conflict. whether said conflict would be war, only time will tell

[@FRISHR]

“The world has enough for everyone’s needs, but not everyone’s greed.” -Gandhi

[@danielsieker9927]

Plot twist: The world does have enough for everyone's greed, they just need to be a bit more patient and creative to see it instead of exploiting.

[@princenephron7546]

Ghandi was a piece of shit. Don't quote him.

[@princenephron7546]

I'm a piece of shit

[@JohnyG29]

He was pretty racist iirc.

[@spiritvdc5109]

@@JohnyG29 Actually racist or "liberal buzz word" racist?

[@wbu230]

Kuzgesagt: war is probably over Russia: is that a challenge

[@nerdsahhgaming4779]

Well, This Aged like Fine Wine.

[@captainrex717]

There are two main reasons for the lack of war: 1: Having a superpower like America 2: Nuclear weapons.

[@user-my2ul9ze6k]

+captainrex717 Dude, there is not becouse of 1 superpower, but becouse of two opposing superpowers with nucklear wearpon. If only America had a Nukes... well we all would be doomed, becouse as history shown us - USA don't think much, before droping some nukes on cityes. But everyone is scared, whan opponent has same nukes. That is why there are no major conflicts, only local are still possible. Soooo... when Soviet scientist made a nuke, they had brought a piece over the world! Nuclear parity, duuuuude.

[@captainrex717]

Владислав Вишневский >*Dude, there is not becouse of 1 superpower, but becouse of two opposing superpowers with nucklear wearpon. If only America had a Nukes... well we all would be doomed, becouse as history shown us - USA don't think much, before droping some nukes on cityes. But everyone is scared, whan opponent has same nukes. That is why there are no major conflicts, only local are still possible. Soooo... when Soviet scientist made a nuke, they had brought a piece over the world! Nuclear parity, duuuuude.* That comment is so stupid I can't even formulate a proper reply. In most circumstances, I would write a ten paragraph response as to why your argument is flawed, but I'm going to leave this one to the other educated people here. By the way. *Nuclear* . Not nucklear *Weapon* . Not wearpon *Because* . Not becouse *When* . Not whan *Dropping* . Not droping

[@user-my2ul9ze6k]

captainrex717 yeah, It is better to fuck with grammar, than just understand, that USA + nuces equel to domination and USA + USSR with nuces equal to nuce parrity, and relative peace all over the world. And anyway, go and fuking try speak finnish, morron!

[@brandonh1428]

+Владислав Вишневский Your English is cringe worthy

[@captainrex717]

Владислав Вишневский Right now the US is the undisputed power of the world. Russia and China are still behind. And no one has used any nukes. A world of US "domination" is far better than the US and Russia practically a button press away from wiping out the whole planet..

[@xboxalligener8816]

why is there so many quotes that i didn't say? -Albert Einstein

[@arikarinkishikamo1356]

underrated comment

[@harikrishnanpunnaseri3111]

@@arikarinkishikamo1356 yup

[@dynamitekitty2598]

I feel like someone will get r/wooooshed -Albert Einstein

[@Xackory]

Are*

[@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776]

I feel like someone needs to go back to reddit -Albert Einstein

[@gijs5670]

Rissia 2022:"I'm gonna end this video's whole career."

[@Player-kg1ds]

The youtube algorithm has a funny sense of humor.

[@cookietongs]

Begun the clone war, has...

[@bobhes1212]

I've got a bad feeling about this

[@janreinkens681]

Making movies, making music and Foightin reund the werld!!

[@RexGalilae]

Around the hostages, a perimeter create

[@jasonibanez4260]

clone has what

[@staticshotaop561]

+Punching Teen speak like me he cannot

[@MobinMGreen]

one word: Nukes. Nukes are why mot major nations don't wanna f**k with one another. Cause no matter who start a war, its almost certain that everyone loses.

[@eddiegruver946]

WiseSloth ForBernieSanders The answer is much more complicated as things like these are rarely so simple, but yes, nuclear weapons do play a vital role in the lack of war lately.

[@realscapegoat592]

WiseSloth ForBernieSanders yaay MAD (sarcasm)

[@Octillerysnacker]

WiseSloth ForBernieSanders So you're saying we should build more nukes? That might work, but there are better alternatives.

[@adamcommenting7848]

Octillerysnacker Building more nukes wouldn't change shit.. Honestly. The nations which has nukes already has enough to nuke the whole world so more nukes wouldn't help. But if you then started to gift nukes to the countries which doesn't have them yet.. Stuff would probably go really bad. There are psycho leaders out there who aren't clever enough to see what using a nuke would lead to. Nukes in the wrong hands is a no no. It is although right that the nukes around the world that exists today are helping with the world peace ^^

[@Commentinirator]

Ekansh Chowdhary He might have actually had a point, it's called the Deterrence Theory or Nuclear Deterrence.

[@thepreast3079]

Well this isnt aged well

[@lennartschulz4032]

What really stopped wars: After WW2 Stalin said: If someone starts war: He's double gay.

[@lelkr]

that's means I'm *gay*

[@samaeljenkins6978]

Not all heroes ain't communist

[@insectslayer1374]

lol

[@finnishwehraboo8377]

Spasten am Rasten stalin started winter war and got rekt lol

[@barrybarry1318]

i guess

[@junkoxeno_7734]

Why was the blue city giving the red city resources when the red city was giving them sweets??

[@Gagging_Gagster]

+Thescelosaurus The blue country was probably lacking in resources, but had items that could improve morale or culture in the red country. Either that or the red country has a desperate sweet tooth.

[@junkoxeno_7734]

I think they just did sweets to show what trading/global market means.

[@Gagging_Gagster]

Thescelosaurus So do I, but I wanted to make something out of it :P

[@junkoxeno_7734]

But red was also trading the TARDIS....

[@Gagging_Gagster]

Thescelosaurus 1. In my first comment I got the colors backwards and 2. The Blue country must be run by Kandy Man from old Doctor Who.

[@stardustandflames126]

Everytime I return to this video I can't help but think... How is the sound design in this video still so PEAK? The 'clicks' and 'shwips' and 'whooshes', really help the pacing and makes it super engaging.

[@JgTheUnrealistic]

This aged well

[@teresadelag]

Me: * starts watching video * Kurzgesagt: "The Russians are invading Ukraine" Me: * looks at date * * the video is 8 years old * * remembers Crimea * * sigh *

[@mrhawk2051]

*Donbass and Luhansk

[@teresadelag]

@@mrhawk2051 and Crimea too, I know.

[@user-wr6dj4ib9o]

@@teresadelag who cares

[@steijnpy]

Ok

[@Testimony_Of_JTF]

@@mrhawk2051 *Donetsk and Luhansk. Donbass includes both of those oblasts

[@flaviorian5578]

_"Mankind invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse would ever construct a mousetrap"_ - Albert Einstein

[@whatthepfpsays4234]

I think its because people are sick of losing there friend's and families. People are sick of the constant loop of death that has no change. Soldiers are sick of fighting wars they get nothing out of. My great grand father had to face child soldiers in ww2. He never shot at them or ordered his men to shoot them. He said that any man who kill a child will die the same. Tho he lost many men to children manning machine guns and throwing grenades not one of his men killed any children. He died a sad unhappy man because of these experiences. Same for my father who faced child soldiers in Afghanistan. Hes sick of it. Im sick of it. We can only hope because we dont have control over anything.

[@vincentxaveryharlim7125]

@@ryan-iq5uf I mean bombs aren't stupid

[@rachmatzulfiqar]

@@ryan-iq5uf and then we wage war with aliens, fucking great idea

[@vincentxaveryharlim7125]

@@ryan-iq5uf mining

[@vincentxaveryharlim7125]

@@ryan-iq5uf yeah but that doesn't change the fact that bomb's purpose can be used for mining

[@akirachisaka9997]

Welp, we did have a good run, 1/5 of a century was without war. But yeah... feels like wars between countries suddenly got popular again.

[@bricksinside9015]

Oh boy.. It just started!

[@TheDropdeadZed]

"Acts of aggression are illegal under international law" US: new phone who dis

[@ar4imond]

"Acts of aggression are legal if there is oil" US Government😏

[@Garviel_Loken.]

It's legal if you're in US or modern Russian government. Or in NATO

[@hooplehead1019]

@Ashvin Vaidyanathan Even if we agreed that the United Nations exists for 100% for that reason - is it a bad reason? Or is it your ideal that, because the former colonizing nations commited brutalities and killed millions of people - now the former victims should get their vengeance and kill some millions of them. Is that your developmental stage of world view and goal of well-being?

[@hooplehead1019]

@Ashvin Vaidyanathan ...by preventing mass murder and installing an international court of law? Btw, the latter against the current political will of the US.

[@DarthObscurity]

@Ashvin Vaidyanathan Lmao.... Also by pumping a ton of money into their economies and giving US based companies massive subsidies for opening up businesses abroad? You really have no clue what you are talking about, do you?

[@xDagger]

Awfully convenient that KZbin has begun recommending this again...

[@deveshkek]

Yup

[@FazeKermit]

Yup

[@plaguemaster308]

Yup

[@emmanuellonghino5846]

YUP

[@iknosabuk]

Yup

[@volcryndarkstar3283]

I came from 2022 to tell you it's not over

[@BetterMedication]

That one didn’t age quite so well.

[@amirdashti]

Oil: 'Exists' USA: did someone order democracy?

[@ravex367]

hey it’s still true cause trump is asking for half there oil from Venezuela only after they “help” them.

[@comradeanatolijstepanovicd2688]

*Laughs in vietnamese*

[@aisir3725]

@Ezio Auditore because it's truth

[@ravex367]

Ezio Auditore why are you commenting now bro I posted that two months ago when it wasn’t as much

[@guerrazaratefranco4404]

*_I love democracy_*

[@yoboikamil525]

"Why are you committing war crimes?" "I didn't declare a war, so it's not a warcrime."

[@ekairim]

the USA does not recognize the International War crime court in Den-Haag. if a USA citizen would be convicted in Den-Haag of war crimes, the USA will go to war against it. sorry, but the USA is a Empire in all but name.

[@gojira4036]

“why are you committing crime then?”

[@ekairim]

@@gojira4036 "why are you starting wars then"

[@canter1ter]

0:16 Apparently Kurzgezagt didnt get the newest "Winter-Spring 2022" Collection

[@returnnull3476]

War... War never changes

[@DudeWatIsThis]

"War is a thing of the past." - People in the 1890's No, really. Have a look at some of the letters and social commentary of that time.

[@joni-nv3el]

U scary me now

[@boilingpoint760]

lol

[@Yes-me4pk]

and yet society continued to celebrate the news of upcoming wars, especially in 1914. Only since the heavy presentation of war on public media, like during the Vietnam War, war-mentality has dropped significantly

[@DudeWatIsThis]

@@Yes-me4pk Oof, bro. Maybe in the USA it was like that. Here in Europe we lived those wars on our own turf. Everyone had grandparents who spoke about the horrors of war here.

[@thatsaxenaguy8734]

@@DudeWatIsThis I'm guessing mainly due to trench warfare?

[@gdebt0672]

3:45 I love how the blue city is giving actual giving valuable materials like wood and coal and the orange is literally giving ice lollies

[@bramstebbings1948]

I was dying watching that hahaha

[@Uranium_Enjoyer]

Ah yes, *_t r a d e_*

[@nikolaivanov629]

S T O N K S

[@fiboss6286]

ice lollies are essential to modern survival

[@adityabhalekar3506]

ice lollies are much more valuable than even the purest diamond

[@nattyzepko167]

"Russia is invading Ukraine and the Palestinians and Israelis are still fighting" This just keeps being true

[@kentfunn]

Wow nice video. Kyiv, October, 22

[@GoddoDoggo]

I have an idea; what if we handled all future disputes via video game tournaments?

[@yvanwin100]

Country leaders would be all like "1v1 me bro quick scope only"

[@hieubui7670]

+Lynne the Trendy Tetraodontiforme No game no life fan? :3

[@DaCook29]

+Lynne the Trendy Tetraodontiforme why not have a football tournament? or baseball? or ping pong? or rock, paper, scissors? jackass...

[@MrWassup45]

+Lynne the Trendy Tetraodontiforme 3:40 is me in Civ 5, Dude...

[@BoxJoe136]

+Lynne the Trendy Tetraodontiforme thatd suck...

[@josephfox9221]

Fallout says the Great War is in 2077. so thats a bit close

[@memielol4918]

It's a bit eerie how similar we seem to what fallout said the world was pre Great War

[@andrewteague1039]

shu'p

[@TheQuakeIV]

What with the nuclear powered robots, 60's looking cars, pip boys and everything

[@viniciusprinholat092]

and a video game could totaly predict a war

[@josephfox9221]

O Sinforoso or cause it

[@balericeohiselikki]

'none is an active war between countries' Well, 8 years was longer than expected.

[@matthewweitzner8956]

Came back to see the comments since 2022 happened

[@rickysanders6487]

"Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind." -John F. Kennedy

[@abhishekganguly7419]

Easy for an American to say as they control the world as per their will.They want peace so nobody throws them out of power

[@vitaliitomas8121]

So it's win-win situation

[@ultravioletxrays125]

@@abhishekganguly7419 uhh, china is taking the world over silently. US will be second in power by the half of the next decade.

[@fazrana276]

"I love bumsex" - John F Kennedy

[@ti2218]

We have much much bigger problems than war coming up in the near future.

[@TravelingYordle]

"When most countries pledged to accept international borders." *china left the group*

[@minhajnaqvi7611]

Israel left the chat

[@olegfromru]

Not only China, Russia is the biggest occupation force in Europe now.

[@gauravproton1956]

China is occupying India and phillipines

[@TravelingYordle]

@@gauravproton1956 yes they are. Recently, a Chinese vessel sank a Philippine fishing vessel and left the crew at sea. They switched their lights off even. The crew thought that the Chinese would help them, but they didn't. The captain of the Philippine vessel said that they were anchored and were resting. They were eventually rescued by a Vietnamese fishing vessel in the area. And I think the president won't do anything about it. He dismissed it and said it was a "maritime incident". So yeah.

[@xmurshedz]

You forgot USA, who has several hundted military bases around the world

[@astranix0198]

War. War never changes.

[@notmyregret]

Whew... this video aged like fine milk...

[@ntdeas]

That music was giving me Metal Gear Solid vibes.

[@Konfusion69]

5 years ago btw

[@Neel631]

I thought it was :) Sons of Liberty :D

[@ntdeas]

@@Neel631 yeah same here

[@cionnar]

Heh, same. All I could think of while watching this was Snake's "War has changed" monologue from the MGS4 intro.

[@gregoryinsanovic2925]

war has changed...

[@jauzihalwa]

This guy's voice is so comforting tbh....

[@user-lr9ok1pd7d]

Listen to asmr

[@Neko-kun-dp1hq]

i like the loli ones XD

[@imdeadinside6310]

Homophobic much?

[@benefistben7844]

you can't criticize people just for liking persons that are the same gender that's homophobia and calm down you sound like a dumb 12 year old he just likes the guys voice

[@GreenTheGrape]

Faster Raptor you can't just shame someone for being different from you, that's xenophobia

[@john_moose]

no more wars, only special military operations

[@wt_ananas]

yeah yeah

[@oracle372]

no but can someone make a strategy game like 1:13 and 1:22 where you command armies in that art style

[@BillagePoopWars]

Hmm, interesting idea

[@herculeanwarrior1541]

"As long as there's 2 people left on the planet, someone's going to want someone dead." -TF2 Sniper

[@n.ramthilak4475]

What If out of 2 people 1 is male and other is female

[@athan13590]

@@n.ramthilak4475 That's just how war was made in Christianity.

[@milotura6828]

@@n.ramthilak4475 well, depends…

[@maxm6615]

@@n.ramthilak4475 avenge the bros before the hoes

[@germanvisitor2]

@@n.ramthilak4475 Then it is still two people.

[@simonepapasidero9741]

Kurzgesagt in 2014: things are getting Better Kurzgesagt in 2020: guys Guess what

[@cooperbrackett4556]

Well ww3 was never gonna happen from that it would of been hella one sided

[@friedec3622]

@@cooperbrackett4556 US and Russia still has more than 10.000 nuclear warhead! And some countries developing their own ICBM and anti-ICBM. Nuke that detonated / intercepted high in space will cause massive electrical (biological if it intercepted) damage world wide. This will cause hundreds of satellites short-circuited (yes those are EMP) or the radioactive substance is traveled in the atmosphere and you may ingested many of it. World War 3 should not happen. Even if it just a 10% of country is in war, it could end earth inhabitants (maybe not if we can evolve to radiation species, lol) or make human backtracked to stone age (imagine if our computer hardware expert die, a software expert can't make any program if there are no computer or go*gle server is nuked) we are all doomed.

[@alentadic7330]

@@friedec3622 There is a 0.0001% chance of major wars this decade, we have the un court and won't be NUKING EACHOTHER because of the same reason USSR and USA didn't in the Cold War. And what do you mean "backtrack to the stone age" NO, even if all hardware experts die, we already know how to make the technology and there will always be people to specialize, why am I disproving this when the comment was probs written by an 8yo who has no idea of society and politics.

[@friedec3622]

@@alentadic7330 at least we will be in "stone age" for a couple of years. I mean, iron and lead ore must be melted to become useful right? And in the first place, do you know what lead ore looks like in the first place? What I mean with stone age not necessary live in stone, lol. But we can't produce industrial or modern technology, due to lack of knowledge and post-war (EMP wave by nuke in space, people still not united). We are too specialised. It's good. But also it's bad if we lost that person. Yes, UN has court. But UN is also has most influential nation. What will happen if the that most influential nation wage war each other? Yeah I know we have non-aligned movement. But I'm sure they will become bystander or someone provoke them to join. Yeah it maybe less than 1%. But it easily become 50% if provoked or given chance.

[@alentadic7330]

@@friedec3622 *facepalm*

[@renanmaas3502]

Kurzgesagt: War may be gatting out of fashion. Putin: So innocent of you to assume that

[@Shredzy715]

A war is never over, peace is just the lull between battles.

[@monoblitz1492]

Is war over? *gets an ad for a game about war*

[@idioticbuffoon8960]

What game?

[@ottovonbisharck8388]

@@idioticbuffoon8960 maybe pubg cod or mmorpg you know fighting games

[@Belidut76]

Hmm… like games in RTS & TBS, huh??? 🤔 (RTS: Real Time Strategy, TBS: Turn Base Strategi)

[@nichsa8984]

@@Belidut76 why can't we see rts gundam

[@hugemango2011]

"Only the dead have seen the end of war"

[@gobimurugesan2411]

Plato

[@deathlydashi]

You're not deep

[@synthima]

@@itwaswinter924 lol

[@xrhstospex8106]

@@gobimurugesan2411 modern warfare 2 and 3

[@_.trollium._]

I cannot take this comment seriously with your profile picture

[@marcuscarana9240]

For those who say this video aged like milk after the Ukraine and Palestine invasion. Remember they said 4:54 "We don't know yet." meaning Kurgesagt never concluded anything at the time of making this video. They never claimed that war was definitely over.

[@zer9761]

Looking back over the previous six months and eight years, it's safe to say no. War is not over.

[@Rj_owns]

2014: High hopes for the future 2020: exists

[@AthenaGate]

Yeah, there is a lot of leaders that are against immigration and open borders. You also have countries such as Iran who are a target for countries such as the US and Israel. Not to mention China's rise to power does create more tension globally. We also have to consider that it may not be large scale conventional warfare. Countries can use a computer virus or they could use genetically engineered viruses. Not to mention they can spread misinformation and create dissidents amoung a population.

[@akanta5746]

@@AthenaGate yeah...conventional warfare is basically in the history books. Future wars will be asymmetric. such as using cyberattacks used to shut down an entire nations power grid (cough cough russia) and special small scale units instead of mass mobilization

[@Alex-lo9gy]

china go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@joaquinlaroca2886]

Nothing happened in 2020 except the pandemic

[@joaquinlaroca2886]

@Sports Car ww3 never was even close to happen.

[@riannejorritsma]

the intro was so relevant to the current situation (especially russia invading ukraine), that I thought it was a new video... I'm shocked at how timeless this video is...

[@Hwje1111]

Wdym timeless? This video aged worse than milk on a dying German factory. But this was to be expected tbh.

[@Kellexyz]

Well that was happening when this video was made

[@outofthebox9699]

@@KellexyzA small attack atleast.

[@animationlabz463]

I was confused at first too, but actually this Russia-Ukraine conflict has been going on since 2014.

[@Hwje1111]

@@animationlabz463 it only turned into an active war between two nations this year.

[@TheAHTOH96]

Мирные договоры не означает конец войне, часто это отложенная война через несколько лет. Привет Минск

[@jimblack8321]

When Russia invaded Ukraine at 2013, me and my family used to live in Donetsk(Donbas). We was terrified, everyday hearing bombs etc. so in 2015 we moved from Donetsk... But war still going on, there still some members of my family, they are scared asf...

[@Leman_RUSSIAN]

Вини в этом украинские власти.

[@limechaos]

Who’s here before world War 3?? -Oh wrong year-

[@elmoeboi9544]

Brooo spoilers

[@drakkastyle3487]

What ... what is happened ? Am I dead ? And my wife ? HAVE I A WIFE ?

[@timkrause3068]

Rip me

[@npumpkin348]

HOL UP

[@camphalfmoonnurses1894]

f

[@sonicandmlpmaker1525]

That’s why we have history , to learn from our mistakes .

[@iluvaldur7768]

AnonymousDaily ?

[@tri99er_]

It never works

[@gregnubody3871]

lol plenty of mistakes in the sonic franchise to learn from.

[@ghostwolf117]

We have have history to doom ourselves to ryme it.

[@gabrieleszorichard9324]

Yet we hardly never really learn somehow

[@hrnkomaN]

wow this is so nostalgia video i see this in 2017 and now... this is to nostalgia for me

[@albansanz]

Pax Atomica. This era of peace is an illusion.

[@matthewivancic4311]

In 1909, Norman Angell wrote a book called The Great Illusion, which argued a war among the great European powers was impossible due to the intertangled economic relations among them. After the complete refutation of his thesis in WW1, he re-wrote the book arguing that WW1 was the last great conflict and the post-WW1 consensus was sufficiently intertwined to prevent all future wars. This edition of his book was published in 1933.

[@TheEmolano]

We can confidently say WW3 won't happen considering this guy did not write about it

[@Redfox-it9cn]

He even got the Nobel Prize in World Peace, lol

[@stefantraas2663]

war, war never changes

[@frost9041]

Fallout 4 may become reality yet. I honestly hope not, instead why not go to space and do colonialism?

[@stefantraas2663]

+Sgt Frost Who does hope that fallout becomes reallity

[@asdasdasdora]

Trump supporters.

[@jinglelam3602]

No not trump supporters silly... North korea (think about it)

[@stefantraas2663]

He made a joke www.thefreedictionary.com/joke

[@merp983]

"Is war over?" Putin: *"im about to ruin this man's whole career"*

[@johnwatters1496]

Can you see the future

[@PauloClassicStyle]

But i only play on domination victory.

[@BoatWorker]

Haha! Nice civ 5 reference

[@whyareyoureadingthis1376]

Kaulon Well played sir

[@mavendeo]

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 72 with the all new "Zombie Negotiation" DLC! Get yours today!

[@guilhermesena1283]

Cultural victory is more efficient on big maps, in my opinion.

[@matejkopa97]

I prefer scientific victory.

[@KrolKaz]

"War, War never changes" -Todd Howard, former US president

[@bigolbeardog2874]

No that's Snake's quote

[@Bandit-mr8cc]

War...War just works.

[@Wolf-zk8ey]

Underrated comment my guy XD

[@Adamcito.]

@@bigolbeardog2874 xD you're right, that quote is from snake

[@sttonep242]

- Gandalf, a wizard

[@germancat429]

3:19 They got the Chile flag wrong and I’m a geography/history nerd and it really annoys me Edit: same thing with Czechia

[@jasonconturo1639]

It can be argued that the displacement of peoples throughout warring periods are often worse than the death toll. Longevity and health cant be confused for peace

[@heirofptah]

You forgot the biggest cause of the decline in the number of wars, the existence of nuclear weapons...

[@chameleonedm]

...no, it was left out because the important factor is that it is cheaper to trade....

[@moddlok9835]

Are you reffering to nuking of Hiroshima and Nagaski?Because yes it was worth it.

[@moddlok9835]

Anime girl are the best(Catgirl).

[@DouchebagDex]

non fiction means they are real...

[@darryljones3009]

Of all the 200 or so countries on Earth, only about 10 at most have nukes.

[@Spartan1Four1]

With WWIII just around the corner, this video was hilarious to watch.

[@rodneyminter7081]

I come back to this video every time a new war starts.

[@TmanMoneymanISSUPREME]

UN: only declare war in self defense or if the security council says yes Russia and US: WE ARE THE SECURITY COUNCIL

[@raahyama4023]

Bruh USA has some Communist *WE*

[@kalv7444]

@@raahyama4023 OUR WE

[@TheWagonroast]

@@kalv7444 MY I

[@isac4043]

Just us

[@user-ei7bk1tq1w]

when did Russia last time declare war? hint: never