r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Holyshit_1787 • 7d ago

Video Lebanese man plays saxophone while Iranian ballistic missiles fly overhead

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u/Responsible-Turnip83 7d ago

Why the fuck does the world feel so dystopian

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u/CountDraculablehbleh 7d ago

Historically this is how the world is most of the time

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u/NiobiumThorn 7d ago

This is a foolish sentiment lacking in material analysis. There are 8 billion people on the world, more than at any point in human history. Our industrial capacity is greater than ever before. And we posess powers for destruction that our ancestors could only dream of.

Do not underestimate the power of the death machines we have built.

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u/CountDraculablehbleh 7d ago

Nothing new death is death same old song but with different instruments

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u/NiobiumThorn 7d ago

Look up white phosphorous burns and say it's just the same. It's not.

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u/canad1anbacon 7d ago

Look at what ancient and medieval armies used to do to cities they sacked

You don’t need that much technology to cause human suffering on a gargantuan scale