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mgraczyk 3 days ago

That's only the case if you include Canada and Australia, which were functionally independent at that point.

I'm not claiming nobody will invade France or Taiwan in the next 100 years, I'm claiming that the US is special. We haven't been invaded since 1812 and haven't really been attacked since 1941. It's reasonable to predict we won't be invaded or go to war with our neighbors for 100 years since it hasn't happened for 213 years

james_marks 3 days ago | parent [-]

This strikes me as hubris in the extreme.

My own death has not yet been a problem for me, but I can safely assume it will be.

mgraczyk 3 days ago | parent [-]

Because everyone dies. If everyone lived to be 1000 you'd be wrong to worry about dying in 100 years