[RD] Daily Graphs and Charts

[El_Machinae]

That one needs a source! So interesting!

 

[warpus]

Yeah, we think that the country that borders us, that invaded our country and controlled it for over 50 years, that recently invaded another neighbouring country and annexed a part of it.. we think that such a country might just very well be a threat to world peace

 

[Kyriakos]

Yeah, we think that the country that borders us, that invaded our country and controlled it for over 50 years, that recently invaded another neighbouring country and annexed a part of it.. we think that such a country might just very well be a threat to world peace

Poll is from 2013, ie before the Crimean stuff

 

[warpus]

Ah but after the Georgian stuff, after the cold war stuff, ww2 stuff, etc.

 

[W|M]

Spoiler :

Poland

USA #1

 

[JohannaK]

I am surprised by the number of American flags. I expected more.

 

[civvver]

Haters gonna hate. Actually would love to see this updated cus most of the super deadly terrorist attacks against Europe have happened since 2013. Paris was November 2015, then in 2016 there were two trucks that killed a ton of people in southern France and that Christmas market in Germany. That's off the top of my head.

 

[dutchfire]

Weren't done by countries though.
I reckon Russia might've scored higher recently.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

Haters gonna hate. Actually would love to see this updated cus most of the super deadly terrorist attacks against Europe have happened since 2013. Paris was November 2015, then in 2016 there were two trucks that killed a ton of people in southern France and that Christmas market in Germany. That's off the top of my head.

I think the map would look pretty much the same. The terrorist attacks aren't the wok of "a country", and they aren't that deadly in the grand scheme of things.
Meanwhile the US governmet has gone from "hypocritical neoliberal with a kill-list" to "unhinged racist conspiracy theorist man-child who takes Fox News seriously".

 

[Lohrenswald]

Haters gonna hate. Actually would love to see this updated cus most of the super deadly terrorist attacks against Europe have happened since 2013. Paris was November 2015, then in 2016 there were two trucks that killed a ton of people in southern France and that Christmas market in Germany. That's off the top of my head.

France already answers Syria on that map

 

[W|M]

I am surprised by the number of American flags. I expected more.

If you fill out the white bits there'd probably be a lot more US flags

I think the map would look pretty much the same. The terrorist attacks aren't the wok of "a country", and they aren't that deadly in the grand scheme of things.
Meanwhile the US governmet has gone from "hypocritical neoliberal with a kill-list" to "unhinged racist conspiracy theorist man-child who takes Fox News seriously".

''...who's also a hypocritical neoliberal with a kill-list''

 

[civvver]

I think the map would look pretty much the same. The terrorist attacks aren't the wok of "a country", and they aren't that deadly in the grand scheme of things.
Meanwhile the US governmet has gone from "hypocritical neoliberal with a kill-list" to "unhinged racist conspiracy theorist man-child who takes Fox News seriously".

Comon are you really going to deny certain countries support terrorism? Maybe the public has the wrong countries *cough* saudi arabia *cough* but it still affects this. A few years ago all the conflict in the middle east was see solely as a us interventionist thing. How is it seen now? Real conflict is hitting European countries, to downplay it as not that deadly in the grand scheme of things is pretty insensitive.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

Comon are you really going to deny certain countries support terrorism? Maybe the public has the wrong countries *cough* saudi arabia *cough* but it still affects this. A few years ago all the conflict in the middle east was see solely as a us interventionist thing. How is it seen now? Real conflict is hitting European countries, to downplay it as not that deadly in the grand scheme of things is pretty insensitive.

Saudi Arabia is a cancer and a blight upon the Islamic World and The World in general, but their influence isn't that obvious and they more or less keep their heads down. Terrorist attacks are blamed on "Isis" which is an open source brand more than anything else.
America is much louder and more easy to identify, and I (and probably many people who follow these things) have not forgotten that Isis is a result of the De-Saddamization of Iraq by America's hand.
And the Clown in Chief is already as scary as he is funny.

 

[Arwon]

Haters gonna hate. Actually would love to see this updated cus most of the super deadly terrorist attacks against Europe have happened since 2013. Paris was November 2015, then in 2016 there were two trucks that killed a ton of people in southern France and that Christmas market in Germany. That's off the top of my head.

Yeah but then you lot elected Trump.

From an Australian perspective he's the only one who can cause a significant threat, by starting a trade or shooting war with our biggest trading partner.

 

[Traitorfish]

Haters gonna hate. Actually would love to see this updated cus most of the super deadly terrorist attacks against Europe have happened since 2013. Paris was November 2015, then in 2016 there were two trucks that killed a ton of people in southern France and that Christmas market in Germany. That's off the top of my head.

So do American maps not include Ireland and Spain and Bosnia or what?

I mean, the deadliest terrorist attack in Europe history was carried out by Sikh militants in 1985, and killed more people than both of the attacks you mention combined. Other comparable attacks have been carried out by nationalist, ultra-left and neo-fascist groups. The recent spate of Islamist attacks is notable not so much because it's unusually deadly, by the standards of European history, but because other fringe tendencies have mostly abandoned these sorts of tactics.

I mean, you might be right, specifically, about how it would influence responses to this specific question, but let's keep it in perspective.

 

[sophie]

So do American maps not include and Spain and Bosnia or what?

Who?

Ireland

what's this about the Guinness factory now?

 

[Cutlass]

I am surprised by the number of American flags. I expected more.

It would show worse if done now. The odds of a human dying by violence went up when Trump was elected.

 

[Mise]

There's realistically not that many countries in the world that can threaten world peace. Not that many countries big, powerful or organised enough to disrupt the status quo significantly. The fact that the US is among the biggest threats to world peace shouldn't surprise anyone -- they clearly meet all the criteria for a country to threaten world peace, should they choose.

 

[warpus]

There's realistically not that many countries in the world that can threaten world peace. Not that many countries big, powerful or organised enough to disrupt the status quo significantly. The fact that the US is among the biggest threats to world peace shouldn't surprise anyone -- they clearly meet all the criteria for a country to threaten world peace, should they choose.

It takes a lot more than just having the capacity to disrupt world peace. I have the capacity to disrupt many people's days by kicking them in the balls. I am equipped with sturdy winter boots with heavy tips to protect my toes, I have played soccer so I have a good kick all figured out, I'm slightly athletic, I'm male. I could probably kick 20 people in the balls before I was wrestled to the ground. The potential is there but nobody would call me a threat to anything, because I've never acted in a violent way towards anyone.

People are judging based on past actions here, not capacity. Sure, you need some capacity, otherwise you'll never be a threat to anything, you're right, but in the end what matters is how you act, and not what you have

 

[Kyriakos]

It takes a lot more than just having the capacity to disrupt world peace. I have the capacity to disrupt many people's days by kicking them in the balls. I am equipped with sturdy winter boots with heavy tips to protect my toes, I have played soccer so I have a good kick all figured out, I'm slightly athletic, I'm male. I could probably kick 20 people in the balls before I was wrestled to the ground. The potential is there but nobody would call me a threat to anything, because I've never acted in a violent way towards anyone.

People are judging based on past actions here, not capacity. Sure, you need some capacity, otherwise you'll never be a threat to anything, you're right, but in the end what matters is how you act, and not what you have

US has started a few more wars than Russia, following ww2. Also since the cold war ended. Nation-building, if you like