Sorry, wait, I didn't even introduce myself, did I? You gave me your name. I'm Boimler. Brad Boimler.
Civil wars are... [he lets out a little whoosh of air.] That's how it all started for us. A lot of countries had civil wars over time, but in the country where things escalated first, there'd been one a few hundred years before, then a second one.
And then just...a cascade of other wars and conflicts, including a full worldwide nuclear exchange. Beginning of the almost-end.
[He looks around.]
But these guys seem like they've avoided it. So far. [He raises his eyebrows and nods his head appraisingly.] Good for them.
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Civil wars are... [he lets out a little whoosh of air.] That's how it all started for us. A lot of countries had civil wars over time, but in the country where things escalated first, there'd been one a few hundred years before, then a second one.
And then just...a cascade of other wars and conflicts, including a full worldwide nuclear exchange. Beginning of the almost-end.
[He looks around.]
But these guys seem like they've avoided it. So far. [He raises his eyebrows and nods his head appraisingly.] Good for them.