The US still hasn't recovered from it and in many ways the war continues but through asymmetric/unconventional/covert institutional violence. It's nearly back to the surface, though.
I was going say it didn't break the top ten but honestly there's a lot of wars, I think you could argue that qualifies as "one of the" for entering the top 1%
What is bullshit is lumping all the Crusades into one war but I guess they did the same with the Hundred Years War and such for similar reasons.
You could argue the cultural impact, I guess, and the confederacy's impact on following American policy. Still, this is a bit of a stretch given that there was no shortage of racists in power in the north either.
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ignotum@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 65d
One of the most destructive? By what metric?
Fitzsimmons@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 20 pts · 65d
The US still hasn't recovered from it and in many ways the war continues but through asymmetric/unconventional/covert institutional violence. It's nearly back to the surface, though.
spechter@feddit.org · 7 pts · 64d
Certainly not by european standards. Just looked it up and each iteration of the western front was more devastating regarding loss of life.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 6 pts · 64d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_by_death_toll
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I was going say it didn't break the top ten but honestly there's a lot of wars, I think you could argue that qualifies as "one of the" for entering the top 1%
What is bullshit is lumping all the Crusades into one war but I guess they did the same with the Hundred Years War and such for similar reasons.
spechter@feddit.org · 5 pts · 64d
Even if you only consider the last 250 odd years, they didn't even make the top 20.
I expect better after their next election!
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 3 pts · 64d
Idk I think we're ignoring the per capita angle but fair enough
PlzGibHugs@piefed.ca · 4 pts · 65d
You could argue the cultural impact, I guess, and the confederacy's impact on following American policy. Still, this is a bit of a stretch given that there was no shortage of racists in power in the north either.
wieson@feddit.org · 2 pts · 62d
The German states to this day have differing public holidays depending on their allegiance in the 30 years war.
trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 61d
And one German city has an extra public holiday due to the (end of the) 30 years war.