Why we should worry about nuclear weapons again
The prospect of global destruction in the Cold War has faded from people's consciousness, but the prospect of living on a nuclear wasteland remains.
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Who cares about maybe nukes when we have guaranteed global warming.
In an ironic twist of fate one threat would fix the other.
It's an ongoing joke in several futuristic fandoms like Star Trek and Futurama
Humanity beats global warming by going through nuclear winter caused by global nuclear war.
Or be gen-x and been worrying about them all along since that’s how you grew up.
The biggest problem is that Trump wants to
He is an idiot child, and he's itching to press every button
He also sees sending a nuke as the most "dominant power" thing he could do
It's a sad indictment on America that this is where things are right now
There are so many people there who deserve better, but it's just a broken country
Ah yes. Better watch ooout. ruskies have nookies. They may useeeee it.
Nuclear waaaaar. Nuuuuuucleaaaaar. WWWWWWAAAAAAAARRRRRRR.
paniced hand waving
Fuck off already.
"How about a nice game of chess?"
At this point, getting nuked is the good ending.
Nah, I'm good
I mean, vis a vis Russia and China, the equation hasn’t really changed.
What has changed:
Well, yes and no.
We COULD have created a world in which security guarantees backed by major powers and/or alliances could serve as an effective guarantee of territory and sovereignty. All it would have taken is the geopolitical will to actually meaningfully assist Ukraine way back in 2014. But we didn’t, and here we are.
It’s all about credibility.
If the promises/threats backing any geopolitical agreement aren’t seen as realistic, actionable, and credible, then the promises/threats are not meaningful.
Side note: what the US is doing right now is setting the credibility we’ve built up over a literal century on fire.