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		tormeh on June 7, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Vodafone reveals direct government wiretaps Yeah, but all the great powers of today have nuclear weapons, which is why they can't go to war with each other. That's my point.

mpyne on June 7, 2014 [–]

That's somewhat fair (there are still conditions under which war might occur), but my point was that we are seeing a deeper peace than simply "peace between great powers".

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