As Europe prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, the YouGov polling also showed large majorities felt that events during and before the second world war were relevant today and must continue to be taught to younger generations.
Between 41% and 55% of respondents in the five European countries polled: Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, said they thought another world war was very or fairly likely within the next five to 10 years, a view shared by 45% of Americans.
Majorities of 68% to 76% said they expected any new conflict would involve nuclear weapons, and between 57% and 73% also said a third world war would lead to greater loss of life than in 1939-1945. Many (25% to 44%) believed it would kill most people in the world.
They might not know what the future holds, but when you see very rich, very powerful people saying they sure would love to start WW3, it doesn’t take a genius to think it’s probably going to happen.
that may be true, but for every hyperbolic asshole who says shit like that on the internet or tv, there are 500 quiet, reasonably sane multi-millionaires who know that global thermonuclear war is pretty fucking bad for business who just want to play golf and cheat on their wives who act as a countervailing force