100 years

I am currently listening to Dan Carlin’s “Blueprint for Armageddon” podcast series which goes over World War I. I have always loved history. I always had a fascination about how the modern world has been shaped by the past.

Of course, I’ve been addicted to listening ever since I started the series considering that the shooting of Archduke Franz Ferdinand kicked off the shaping of the modern world. Prior to WWI, the planet had not yet seen a war between the great powers for 99 years since Napoleon.

Today in 2024, it’s been almost 80 years since World War 2 ended and 100 years since World War 1 began. The dynamics are of course different this time around with nuclear weapons. But I’d be lying if I said the “blueprint” for a global war is much different this time around.

We have world powers vying to be the top of the food chain. We have alliances supporting each of these world powers. As we’ve seen in the past, one shot could spark a global war and shape the world for the next 100 years. Let’s hope history doesn’t repeat itself this time around.