• Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      WWIII has been going on for a while, its just not really affecting north America or western Europe yet but Israel/Gaza/Iran, Yemen, Syria, Ukraine/Russia, and all the conflicts in Africa are 100% connected. Not an official definition or anything, but I’d say if a war affects 3 out of 6 inhabited continents it counts as a world war.

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        6 hours ago

        i’d say open sea predation by rivalling armadas on the other’s shipping supply lines and generally more a focus on interrupting the global infrastructure of the opponent would be a characteristic sign of a world war. now this is also contentious, when does an interruption count? only when it’s done through violence?

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      10 hours ago

      Fpr the record, this is not world war three, rather cold war two, the fascist boogaloo, the enemy within. Trademark.