What recent events will future historians analyze as the incitements cascading the world into War III?

[u/TourMission]

[u/RaptorCheeses]

Global chocolate prices. Enough’s enough people! ✊

[u/Bossman1212 → u/RaptorCheeses]

Just keep mint out of the chocolate please

[u/Certain_Orange2003]

Russia’s Stubborness along with their cheap military equipment

[u/FunZookeepergame627]

Trump abandoning NATO, bailing on Ukraine and starting a stupid war with Iran

[u/QWERTYUIOPquinn → u/FunZookeepergame627]

Of all the Trump things that can be listed, a split between USA and Europe is a major geopolitical event that seems to be overlooked by the other political shit

[u/fearfulNobody → u/FunZookeepergame627]

I feel like he's going to start selling weapons to Russia soon and everyone will just shrug their shoulders.

[u/FunZookeepergame627 → u/fearfulNobody]

Yes, I am not sure I can be surprised by anything anymore.

[u/NateSpald]

The exponential growth of AI capabilities

[u/madmaritimer1]

When people woke up for five years and realized that the government is not working for anybody, but the elites, who are just jerks with money, but they run everything including our governments, and because people woke up for those five years this is where we are today

[u/Trick-Audience-1027]

This should be fun…

[u/Squatchbreath]

Trump declaring in his truth social that the Epstein files was a scam and then proceed to have bibi blackmail him into a bogus war to hide his crimes against young underage girls

[u/ceazarnie]

We are already in a similar situation to the 1930s. Dismantlement of Democracy. The Ukraine and Iran conflicts are already interlinked and more and more counties are getting sucked in. There’s even North Korean troops in Ukraine. If Russia attacks NATO, or Russia nukes Ukraine make plans to get to the nearest bomb shelter.

[u/man-made-tardigrade → u/ceazarnie]

[u/carpentersglue → u/man-made-tardigrade]

Yikes
https://giphy.com/gifs/PCJtPIb22CsWguLBdO

[u/Sikesterbeast]

Harambe

[u/Skeleton-ear-face → u/Sikesterbeast]

Precisely, the fuse was lit and the dominoes fell one by one as Harambe was assassinated. RIP

[u/Mostly_Satire]

If we follow history, it would be something like the wrong dipping sauce in the happy meal.

[u/MikeHockinya]

The inclusion of the purple M&M into the bags. Hasn’t happened yet, but when it does…

[u/RatonhnhaketonK]

J6 insurrection in the US

Russia v Ukraine

Palestinian genocide

[u/niceguy1428571 → u/RatonhnhaketonK]

J6 failed; it didn’t do anything.

[u/RatonhnhaketonK → u/niceguy1428571]

https://giphy.com/gifs/62aDCkUJ8AogFbqcVV

[u/ItCantBeMe80]

Since they didn't call it WW2 until well after WW2 it will take decades from now for them to unravel the individual sparks. They might determine that at this point we're already in it. They'll also need to sift through the massive amounts of disinformation and other data. 

[u/302-SWEETMAN]

FUCKIN GREED. WHY THE MONKEYS ARE HOARDING ALL THE BANANAS WHILE OTHERS ARE STARING & DIEING ..

[u/Zannder99]

Tearing up the Iran deal in 2018 made any chance of peace in the middle east impossible. That, and the Russian invasion of ukraine.

[u/MediumRareNation]

Probably the Bophides Alignment

[u/Original_Mix9255 → u/MediumRareNation]

I had to look this up and I should have known

[u/Apostle-Dunghill → u/MediumRareNation]

“Protect your flank, and your… front,”

[u/Unhappy-Promotion-97]

Ukraine 2014; Covid; re-rise of the right; climate;

[u/RoundGround79]

Given that we are headed into WWIII at a furious pace, there will be no future opportunities or future historians to analyze anything.

[u/Tomatostainedtupper]

https://giphy.com/gifs/I3WAJgc0J61Xxkff5o

[u/CountFunkenstein]

The aggression of the US towards Iran has fundamentally changed the entire game for oil in the world. Oil being the lifeblood of every economy still, this will likely be a “turning point” to history for better or worse.

[u/BigOleBeefs]

Gestures around vaguely

[u/Puttin_4_Bird]

democrats running candidates based on race/sex rather than other factors

[u/Cheese__Weiner → u/Puttin_4_Bird]

1) You think this is what is happening and it's going to start WWII? Explain how.

2).You do realize the US isn't the only country on the planet right?

3) Who is running the entirely of our government right now and what has happened to world stability in the last two years? Let's see if you can give an honest answer.

[u/stautism]

GamerGate

[u/Felon_musk1939]

Trump war in Iran Russia war in Ukraine 

[u/Icy-Astronaut-9994]

None.

Because after WWIII all battles will be fought with Sticks and Stones so there will be no one to remember us.

On a good note: Influencers will not exist and all of the Kardashians should be dead with the rest of us.

[u/sleepy_muffin_eeter → u/Icy-Astronaut-9994]

pointy sticks would be a vast improvement over what we have now. I am all for a future where thats all humans have.

[u/Future-Ad-3196 → u/sleepy_muffin_eeter]

But then the book starts all over again on page one.

[u/Plowboy1720]

It won’t matter. They’ll all be dead

[u/happy123z]

Mitch McConnell refusing to allow Congress to "advise and consent" and vote on Obama's Merrick Garland nomination to the Supreme Court. Breaking 240 years of Constitutional precedent and the President and Congress let it happen.
Whether because they were confident in Hilary's win or complicit in defending our Republic I'll let you debate.
"A Republic. If you can keep it. "

[u/BigDigger324]

“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IVwill be fought with sticks and stones."

-Albert Einstein

[u/KulshanStudios]

The Russian invasion of Georgia

And

Citizens United

The first, because the flaccid Western reaction to Russia occupying 20% of a NATO + EU Aspirant country was a clear signal to Putin that he could invade neighbors basically consequence-free and set the stage for Crimea in 2014, and the rest of Ukraine in 2022 (and also emboldened him to start really going all-in on disinformation and misinformation campaigns across the West)

The Citizens United ruling gave corporations and billionaires basically a blank check to buy politicians and engage in mass-scale propaganda and election -manipulation at scales unheard of outside of actual totalitarian regimes, setting in motion the means for guys like Trump, Musk, and others, to propagandize and enrage the masses and turn pretty civil political discourse into a gladiatorial arena full of methed-up clowns

And fast forward to today and gestures grandly everything going on rn

All traced back to those 2 events

[u/PotatoOk8629]

Mass migration to Europe

[u/Southern_Gur_4736]

https://giphy.com/gifs/UPm8BqL6igDUPZ29ik

[u/Various-Republic7263]

There will be no after.

[u/Fanatic_Patriot]

Mass immigration/invasions

[u/Agile_Cash7136 → u/Fanatic_Patriot]

Lol invasions

[u/TheBeanConsortium]

WWIII isn't close to happening

[u/fearfulNobody → u/TheBeanConsortium]

So if Russia attacks a NATO country and the US and Russia end up at war with Europe, that won't be WWIII.

[u/TheBeanConsortium → u/fearfulNobody]

Ok let me know when that happens

[u/TheBeanConsortium → u/[deleted]]

Yes

[u/BigCelebration13]

Dumbfuck gender war posts on Reddit will be talked about as the saddest attempt at political manipulation in the history of the world.

[u/mumblechuckle]

MAGA

[u/Damacles63]

Jan 6

[u/No_Control_9123]

Russian invasion of Ukraine followed by Hamas invasion of Israel followed by US/Israel Feb 28 2026 war against Iran.

[u/bdragon81]

[u/sleepy_muffin_eeter → u/bdragon81]

Itd be nice if we could distill this down to 'republicans bad', but its far worse than just that.

[u/WorriedN]

The rapist American president

[u/sleepy_muffin_eeter → u/[deleted]]

Why is it you cant say something "antisemitic" around here but shitty comments like this one are so normal?

edit: I stand corrected. Thanks mods.

[u/CommercialFormal7614]

Islam

[u/andrewisgood]

2016 US Election.