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That gives you insight into the sort of absolute war they were prepared to fight. The world is, in some ways, a better place today.

while that's nice, we're also running head on into a climate catastrophy, so it's sadly not for long.

Agreed that there is less of a death by nuclear war.

But today there is a far greater chance of being shot by a an armed squad of uniformed men driving armoured vehicles.

It's really apples and oranges, but people still die at the hands of violence today as they did in the past.