…Because countries are less willing to fight wars due to the possibility of escalating into a nuclear war.
This is a common thing I see repeated throughout the internet. I wonder what’s Lemmy’s opinion on this.
…Because countries are less willing to fight wars due to the possibility of escalating into a nuclear war.
This is a common thing I see repeated throughout the internet. I wonder what’s Lemmy’s opinion on this.
Nuclear weapons are the single biggest mistake humanity has ever made next to the Industrial revolution.
We still fight horribly bloody wars even with the threat of nuclear annihilation. It is obvious that nuclear weapons do nothing but make everything worse, and the materials used to create them would be better used for energy generation.
If we were smart we would decommission every weapon on the planet and ensure no group or person can make another one, and put the materials to a better use.
I disagree, and the first time we used nukes on each other was completely justified.
Do some research into WWII-era Japan. They were horrific, just as bad as the Nazis and worse in many cases. They weren’t going to surrender without being nuked. Military leaders even plotted overthrowing the prime minister after they were nuked so they could keep fighting and keep killing.
If the Allies had gone through with their invasion, it would have been a bloodbath with several times more deaths, both civilian and military, than what we got with Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
Right now it’s ‘cool’ to revise history and say things like “Japan shouldn’t have been nuked” or “the US civil war wasn’t about slavery.”
Open your eyes. Don’t let the sensationalized crowds lead you astray; they don’t know any better.
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Umm, ok.
I guess you never learned how to admit when you’re incorrect.
Yeah, this is part of the mental gymnastics you go through to protect your ego. You can’t be wrong if the person correcting you is on a new social media account or your comments are x days old, lol. I said nothing in bad faith, so you’re just throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks.
I used to expect more from people like you, but now I see more reasons why I shouldn’t.
The next-generation’s brains are fried because they’ve been conditioned to think they’re perfect all the time. You are incapable of taking criticism without throwing a tantrum and attacking the criticizer.
But that’s the frustrating thing, isn’t it? The only winning move is not to play… but no one wants to move their pieces from the board.
For as destructive and infuriatingly powerful as they are, these weapons have not been used after 1945. While it may happen within our lifetimes, it is unlikely that they will be used. They are the proverbial gun to our heads that forces us to the bargaining table, rather than the trenches (at least for the world powers).
I don’t think it realistic that nuclear weapons will be decommissioned. If anything, I believe the opposite may be true - nuclear weapons shall serve as a guarantee to all nations who possess them against being absorbed by war, or imperialism.
The next interesting quandary will be when every state who wishes the nuclear guarantee possesses it. Then who knows what will happen. If everyone is “safe”, would no one be in reality?
Will we be set to fight wars with sticks and stones after the blast?
Hard to say. But I’m pessimistic about disarmament. Self-interests and nuclear security are far greater draws than the vision of world peace. At least for our leaders.
It’s quite depressing.