The way that I often hear it described is the spark that blew up the powder keg that was Europe at the time. Obviously a spark alone would do very little without the gunpowder there to be ignited, so there’re definitely different levels of causation, but I think there is a sense in which the assassination can be seen as a causative element
From what I read in some history books, the assassination of Franz Ferdinand was just one of many pieces that led to WWI.
The assassination was the trigger, not the reason.
I was taught that the consensus amongst historians is that it would have happened regardless
As if there are no other pieces at the present time
Yeah, but that meme implies causation, and I can’t agree with that.
The way that I often hear it described is the spark that blew up the powder keg that was Europe at the time. Obviously a spark alone would do very little without the gunpowder there to be ignited, so there’re definitely different levels of causation, but I think there is a sense in which the assassination can be seen as a causative element
It was an action which was taken as a reason to start a war, so yes, there was causation
One would have to learn history from memes to reach that conclusion.