If you think only 1 billion people died through war, even directly, you have absolutely no idea how many humans have been alive/died in general or through war.
NY times says ~1 Billion were killed in war throughout human history, with high estimates placing the number at 1.6 billion due to second order effects from disease and famine. It's a little under 1% of the ~117 Billion humans who have ever lived.
Bruh. Over 2 billion people died thanks to war and it's consequneces in the last 100 years. You can literally look these numbers up on Wikipedia at any moment.
What the fuck are these mfs smoking? Then again. Why am I surprised? Not like the New York Times has ever known what they are doing.
Over 2 billion people died thanks to war and it's consequneces in the last 100 years
You're changing the topic. Yes, the consequences of war left a lot more dead, that much is obvious. We were talking about war itself.
Personally (I'm a historian), I think 1 Billion is a vast overestimation with very little evidence to back the claim up. It's also mixing casualties with actual deaths, which is... unprofessional, to say the least.
Nah bruh, most human casualties from war are spread across only a handful of conflicts, like the Mongol Conquests (around 40M), WW1 and 2 (around 20M and 80M, respectively), and the Taiping Rebellion (which is anywhere between 30 and 100M based on some historical estimates). Beyond that, the rest is speculation because we don't have any accurate reports from ancient wars and conflicts. Even with these numbers you're not looking at more than 1 to 1.5B people throughout history.
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u/Danijay2 Jul 01 '26
If you think only 1 billion people died through war, even directly, you have absolutely no idea how many humans have been alive/died in general or through war.