A few days ago, a friend told me it's been almost 60 years since the world has known a worldwide conflict like World War II. But yesterday, I turned on the TV to watch the news and immediately called him. I was pretty surprised (or not) about what I was watching.

When he answered the phone, I told him, “Dude, are you watching the news?" He replied, "Of course... why?" "Do you remember what you told me a couple of days ago?" I continued. “Yes," he said. “Well, aren't you seeing what I'm seeing? It's the same news network, and it looks like a traffic jam of bullets everywhere!" I cried out loud. He fell silent, I thought.

“Shall I repeat the stories?" I ironically asked him as his profound silence hung between us, like he wanted to hang up. Then I continued, “Let me recall the information: Russia invaded Ukraine, and now we're heading into its third year with lots of international military aid for each side and thousands of lives lost and millions who have fled their homes, right? While this is happening, Israel is massacring Palestinian people with heavy bombing and ground battles—the result: genocide. Moreover, in Sudan there's no joy at all, needless to say in Yemen or Myanmar. Last but not least, the US is starting a new conflict with Venezuela, not to mention what the White House is doing deploying the army into their own cities to clean them of immigrants."

“Well, those conflicts are pretty localized. It's not like a world war," he tried to counter. “You said we've never been more at peace than today! I don't see peace! Furthermore, I haven't mentioned the internal conflicts or the psychological warfare we're living through social media. Perhaps you're ignoring all this, have you?" I answered my friend rhetorically.

“OK, I get your point. What do you want me to do about that?" he asked me. “Just stop saying we're living in peace, that's all. Should we meet tomorrow for golf?" I concluded the call. “Yeah, for sure, same time. Have a good night."

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