Yes but technology exacerbated them. The great wars of the 20th century killed 10s of millions of people, 10x more per year than any other conflict.

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bawolff 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Maybe, but what about per capita? More people participating equals more people killed, but at the same time i dont think you need high technology to engage in a mass slaughter, swords work just as well.

	▲	saulpw 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		A sword can kill one person at a time. A gun can kill 10 people at a time. A bomb can kill a hundred people. A nuclear bomb can kill thousands. You can certainly commit mass slaughter with less technology. But then you need either a) more people to do the slaughtering, or b) more time. Technology makes it possible for a few people to slaughter many people in very little time.

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WalterBright 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Even ancient wars wiped out whole peoples. Like the Carthaginians.

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Eisenstein 5 days ago | parent [-]

We could kill the same number of people today with a single conventional air strike.

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WalterBright 5 days ago | parent [-]

Percentage of population-wise, I presume we are killing far fewer people.

	▲	Eisenstein 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		I don't presume that and I also don't see what difference it makes.

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teamonkey 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Man-made climate change is also new experience for humanity.