Message from @guac
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Thirty Years' War led to more agressive colonization, that caused many deaths as well and it made free space for Prussian militarism.
Human population thing is legit in this comparison, because even with tanks, gas, aircraft and more urbanized population WW1 killed less % of European population than few absolute monarchs.
the wars covered similar land mass but the populations of the worlds landmass had drastically changed. Outside of Prussian expansion, I wouldnt say the 30 years war lead to much more.
but fair enough i guess
The 30 years war broke the popes monopoly on European geopolitics
And it pushed countries to focus their warlike tendencies to the Americas
Plus it made people question previous religious and moral ideas which led to the enlightenment
WWII was the most devastating
But it helped make the world better in the long run
WWI was less devastating but it did very little to help improve the world
The end of WWI only brought about more chaos which would end in 1945
lol