Title basically says it all. Would it depend if it was the US, Russia or China starting it?
We’ll all be on the losing side, that’s for sure.
If WWIII breaks out we’re all gonna fucking die. Will there be any countries left after 24 hours?
new Zealand
Isn’t there a movie with that premise? They survive but have to watch over a few months as radiation in the northern hemisphere works its way south. They’re already dead but have to wait months for it to happen
Good chance yes non-aligned nations.
I’m on the side of the poor, weak, disabled and oppressed.
Edited title to reflect the question is about countries, the groups that actually control the militaries, vs demographic groups.
I, also, like rooting for an underdog.
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Uh… So, you’re on the side of Russians? Wut?
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To be fair they’re doing the same thing in their own country, so.
USA and the Russia are on the same side at the moment.
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The cash is held “as hostage” mostly by EU countries. USA is trying to convince those EU countries to return the money to the Russia, with very little success.
They are kind of sanctioning the Russia, but all the new sanctions they are making are tacoed. There were sanctions against Lukoil, but they were revoked. The Russia and USA are stalling. The Russia is doing it to bleed Ukraine dry, USA for some reasons that are inexplicable.
The war will end whenever USA or EU decide to give their full support to Ukraine. As long as that doesn’t happen, Ukrainians do not really have any other option than to continue fighting.
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they would … stop that war
How, precisely, would they stop the war? They are trying it together all the time, with zero success.
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instance checks out. shit takes apologizing for Russian imperialism.
I support Ukraine because I have lived in Ukraine and in the Russia and I know both countries. I know why the war is happening, I know what started it and I know why it is continuing. And because I am against colonialism and fascism.
I read very little about Ukraine in the mainstream news, so the billionaire media has very little chances to affect me.
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What does any of that have to do with Russia?
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Do you not realize the idiots doing that, also think they’re “on the side of the poor, weak, disabled and oppressed”?
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Wait, what? Why would the Russia not threaten to roll an army down your neighbourhood if there was a war including it and your country?
Look for example at what they are doing in Mali.
Also, the Russia is the last of the European colonial empires that has not done anything at all to free its colonies. The other ones have have only done a part of it, but the Russia has not even started with it. Does colonialism not matter to you or what the heck?
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Well, OP edited the title, and I can just say that instead of accusing you in turn if being illiterate, see how much better that works?
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Because they might die in the process and then the country would not have a president? A new one would probably be sworn in very soon, but a new president needs time to gather all the ropes and fully understand what’s going in the country.
The empire-ambitious Axis of convenience: US, Israel, India, China, Russia, various Islamic kingdoms etc vs. whoever is willing to get in their way.
It is possible that WW3 has already broken out, but is not called that way yet. WW2 was not immediately called WW2 either. It took some time for it to grow to the dimensions that enabled it to be called a World War.
As in the previous two world wars, some countries will be switching sides. Just like USA has been doing now, hopping between the side of the Russia and the side of humanity about once per week, depending on how their president is feeling about things each morning.
If we are currently in WW3, then the sides are very confusing:
USA is against China but on the side of the Russia.
China is on the side of the Russia but not really against anyone. Except its own minorities?
EU and UK are against the Russia but not against USA or China.We have always been at war with them
I love how they claim Antarctica, like those penguins are defending the beachheads.
That depends on when it will break out. If it’s tomorrow, China and Russia will be buddies or at the very least will be in a non-aggression pact situation. Most of Europe will side against Russia but might be more mealy mouthed towards China (even if they decide to start it by going after Taiwan and that escalates from there). The US will, as it is tradition in a world war, not enter until much later or unless attacked first. And on whose side? Depends on one person’s bowel movement on that day an no longer on treaties and commitments. One of the many crucial areas to watch will be if the US honors the security alliance with Japan.
I say it depends on when because if we give it another 25-50 years, attitudes may shift. The US could try going for a more sane leadership and affirm its NATO membership. Sentiments towards Russia may shift in Europe, especially if the US is progressing further towards Idiocracy.
The US will be bankrolling Russia. Russia is weak and poor. The only reason they’re still in Ukraine is China. And once they’ve conquered that, the US will happily help them invade the rest of Europe.
If the U.S. started the Great War Part III, it would probably be due to an invasion/takeover of a Russian-aligned country (e.g. Iran)
If Russia began the third big one, it would probably be due to either a) invasion of another European country (e.g. Finland, the Baltics) or b) some huge scandal that may or may not be truthful where American/European/NATO/whatever spies are found in Russian soil, prompting a justification to declare war.
If China were to start the war, it would almost certainly begin with either the hot topics of Taiwan or the South China Sea. I doubt the Chinese would risk a war for either though, and would only go in when the U.S. are distracted in some other war (e.g. if Trump goes in on Venezuela)
edit: or it could be over natural resources. Again.
China would go to war to protect their energy supply. If the US and Russia+Saudi team up its game on. Looks what’s happening now…
Wars over natural resources have unfortunately always been a thing with humans. Especially troubling given that we have created all sorts of fun ways to destroy entire populations…
I started out when Barry didn’t like that Kyle got a larger share of the hunt than him, and they beat each other with a stick or something idk. Now we have the biggest of big bombs, the deadliest chemical and biological weapons, super fast fighter jets, etc.
I’m from New Zealand. We’ve traditionally been a US ally but the situation being what it is at the moment, I think there’s a good chance we’d try to stay neutral.
Sorry bro. Not gonna happen.
Australia and NZ really have to stand together just because of the geography. Australia is critical to NZ’s security. If a superior force conquers Australia, then NZ wouldn’t be able to resist in isolation. Logically then it will always be in NZ’s interest to stand along side Australia.
Similarly, Australia needs a bigger more powerful friend to stare down our neighbors like Indonesia and bullies like China. That friend has been the US for the last 70 odd years, and with AUKUS that alliance will be greatly strengthened.
In any conflict since the dawn of time people have wistfully hoped that their own clan or tribe or city or country could stay neutral, but the reality is that to maintain your neutrality you need to be strong enough to defend yourself without assistance.
Australia’s biggest trading partner is China. It’s absolutely against their interest to have any kind of conflict with China. But being a puppet state of the US, they’re probably gonna do that anyway.
New Zealand will go where its billionaire expat refugee community tells it to go.
I’m on the side of the Vietnamese
Pho around and find out.
I’m not sure about country alliances, but I do know that both the US and PRC will declare me as an enemy and “traitor”.
I’m gonna go through what Japanese Americans experienced during WW2
Ever been to Vietnam? It’s quite nice, and they’re going to remain neutral in any coming conflict.
Come up north.
They’ll happily take my nursing degree but I’m not leaving without hubs and he has an old weed-related charge that would probably impair immigration to another country.
Even a country where weed is legal?
Maybe I’m being pessimistic but I’m pretty sure the immigration paperwork is gonna ask “has he been convicted of a crime” and not “has he been convicted of a real crime?”
They will ask that, but there’s often space to explain because of things like this and political prisoners. I’m not sure how Canada’s forms work and if he was convicted of something closer to selling multiple pounds to minors than simple possession*, that probably wouldn’t fly no matter what, but it’s definitely worth a shot.
*intent to sell is also determined very differently in different countries- in Germany, for example, having a scale stored with your supply or having multiple strains of weed in separate bags would not bump you up to intent to sell, but it does in the US
I doubt they’ll let me stay long term outside of the visa free X number of days
Not enough proof
America vs. the rest of the world is what it’s shaping up to be.
Nope. America, Russia, China and India will divide the world amongst them. They’re all on the same side.
Fair point. I just figured Putin will discard his little suppository the moment he became a liability.
Nah, USA will team up with Russia
The rest of NATO will be on one team
As for China… probably just take taiwan and ignore the other theaters
The “sides” that the countries take is of secondary importance. Capital will benefit from any conflict, no matter what the stated sides are, and suffer minimally. That’s the true enemy
See, that’s the thing. We had WW3 in the 1970s. Hitler came back, and he was riding a dinosaur, and Ghengis Khan was disco dancing the night away!
But you never heard about it because we have time travel, and decided that was a stupid timeline.
Oh, also, none of this timeline exists either. We deleted from existence in 2012.
The real timeline? Bernie Sanders won the 2016 and 2020 elections. Covid was a much easier thing to stop, because people got vaccinated.
And Dorritos bought Taco Bell, and IMMEDIATELY went bankrupt.
See? Everything is actually better now. You just never got to experience it.
Doritos did actually buy Taco Bell, in a sense.
Edit: that link still makes you do some digging, but here’s the Taco Bell part
Russia and China being allies is a given. Iran and the DPRK will be on their side too.
Israel, the USA, Japan, and parts of Europe will no doubt be on the opposite side, with the more sensible parts of Europe staying out of it.
India I have no idea, they’re nominally a USA ally, but I could also see them trying to stay neutral.
China world no doubt take the opportunity to reclaim the island of Taiwan.
I imagine a lot of Arab states would try to remain neutral at first, but Israel would probably take the opportunity to invade the rest of Syria, at which point some may be dragged into the conflict.
No, the US will not be on the side of Europe.
To borrow the terminology from WWII, I imagine the Allies might include most of Europe, Japan, South Korea, Israel, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
I’m betting the Axis countries might include Russia, China, and Iran, possibly Belarus, Hungary, and North Korea, along with partial or total support from other BRICS countries.
The US is kind of a wildcard right now. My first instinct is that they’d align with their closest long-time allies such as those listed above, but with Trump’s affection for Putin and alienation of such allies over the last year, I’m uncertain. Trump could also simply choose to remain neutral, so as not to oppose Putin.
The US was neutral during WWI and WWII until they were attacked directly, so while it’s easy to assume the US would be involved in the next world war, it might not be until it’s forced to be, if at all. It’s probably safe to say the US would at least be sending its allies military aid during the war. As long as no one messes with their shipping or attacks its land, the US might choose to get no more involved than that.
Honestly my money is kind of on the US starting the next one.
Well, if history tells us anything, it’ll probably be Germany again /s
In the case where the US really does start WWIII, it would definitely throw a wrench in where countries fall in alignment. If the US were to invade one of its neighbors like it’s threatened to do, that could be all it takes. It could be all the countries I listed against the US, for all I know. The only country that I think would support the US no matter what is Israel. I think the US would certainly have a hard time taking them all on. Then again, a world war has never involved a world superpower on the scale we have today, so it’s hard to say what the outcome would be, but I’d expect the US would still probably lose if it was them against the world. Although, taking the fight inside the US would present some significant challenges to overcome owing to geography, besides military obstacles.
