translation.en: Now, Gaza, Syria, Sudan, Ukraine, as ghastly as these conflicts are, and they are horrific, they represent a relatively small blip upwards in a 50-year-long secular decline.
translation.zh: 目前，加沙、叙利亚、苏丹、乌克兰 这些国家的冲突可怕恐怖， 在暴力持续下降50年之后， 这只是一个相对较小的往上攀升的点。