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Only the dead have seen the end of war - Plato

 

Why has there always been global hostility? Why do humans and warfare always go hand-in-hand? What are the causes of war? Is it competition over finite resources? Is it based on idealogies? Is it competition ... disguised as based on idealogies? Are we destined for extinction due to our persistent war waging? Maybe we humans possess a 'war' gene, just like we might posess a 'religious' gene.

Past experience suggests yes. Or will a few of us survive. After all Darwinian evolution applies to us humans also so the 'fittest' will survive, even after the mother of all wars. Perhaps humans have reached the stage where we cannot become extinct. Our brains are too advanced to allow all our species to become extinct - even if WW3 ever happens, or we are hit by a comet/asteroid or a deadly virus gets the better of us.

These are the three most likely ways we as humans can be removed from the top of the food chain on planet Earth. There is of course always the possibility of extraterristial life having an influence and maybe even a devastating influence on our human life.

But leaving aside the last possibility, we are so capable with our advanced technology and our ever evolving brain capabilities of surviving and continuing our existence on planet Earth as top-dog. Or maybe that's part of the problem. Our status as 'top-dog' inflates our ego's, we look upon this planet as our own, ours to do with whatever way we see fit, ignoring the life we share this planet with along with little foresight or interest on the future state of our planet.

The World War 2 Death Count. Its horrific !
It's impossible to determine the exact number of deaths. The most common estimates are the following;

Credit to Hitler.org website

Country Military Civilian Deaths
USSR 13,600,000 7,700,000 21,300,000
China 1,324,000 10,000,000 11,324,000
Germany 3,250,000 3,810,000 7,060,000
Poland 850,000 6,000,000 6,850,000
Japan - - 2,000,000
Yugoslavia 300,000 1,400,000 1,706,000
Rumania 520,000 465,000 985,000
France 340,000 470,000 810,000
Hungary - - 750,000
Austria 380,000 145,000 525,000
Greece - - 520,000
United States 500,000 - 500,000
Italy 330,000 80,000 410,000
Czechoslovakia - - 400,000
Great Britain 326,000 62,000 388,000
Netherlands 198,000 12,000 210,000
Belgium 76,000 12,000 88,000
Finland - - 84,000
Canada 39,000 - 39,000
India 36,000 - 36,000
Australia 29,000 - 29,000
Albania - - 28,000
Spain 12,000 10,000 22,000
Bulgaria 19,000 2,000 21,000
New Zealand 12,000 - 12,000
Norway - - 10,262
South Africa 9,000 - 9,000
Luxembourg - - 5,000
Denmark 4,000 - 4,000
Total - - 56,125,262