ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agoHow would world politics be like if the top 100 countries (in terms of military strength) all had their own nuclear arsenals?message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up124file-text
arrow-up124message-squareHow would world politics be like if the top 100 countries (in terms of military strength) all had their own nuclear arsenals?ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·19 days agoHistorically nukes have served as an effective deterrent to war, ironically. Given that very strong historical pattern, I’d assume the world would, overall, become a more peaceful and cooperative place thanks to mutually-assured destruction.
minus-squareSkyeStarfalllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 days agoUntil one of them fires the nukes, that is. But sure, it might not happen It’s like paying your rent by playing Russian roulette
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 days agoIt’s only happened twice in world history for a reason. There are thousands of nukes in the world, but no one ever fires them. They make the world more peaceful, not more dangerous.
minus-squareSkyeStarfalllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·19 days agoWe’ve gotten very uncomfortably close to a nuclear exchange multiple times in history The only reason it didn’t happen is pure luck
Historically nukes have served as an effective deterrent to war, ironically. Given that very strong historical pattern, I’d assume the world would, overall, become a more peaceful and cooperative place thanks to mutually-assured destruction.
Until one of them fires the nukes, that is. But sure, it might not happen
It’s like paying your rent by playing Russian roulette
It’s only happened twice in world history for a reason.
There are thousands of nukes in the world, but no one ever fires them. They make the world more peaceful, not more dangerous.
We’ve gotten very uncomfortably close to a nuclear exchange multiple times in history
The only reason it didn’t happen is pure luck