12-09-2008 / Food for Thoughts
The Guardian: War and McPeace: Russia and the McDonald’s theory of war
Für mich als Friedens‑ und Konfliktforscherin eine nicht ganz so neue Perspektive:
No country with a McDonald’s outlet, the theory contends, has ever gone to war with another.
The logic is thus: countries with middle classes large enough to sustain a McDonald’s have reached a level of prosperity and global integration that makes warmongering risky and unpalatable [...]