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Capacity for harm != actual harm done. To play Devil's advocate: The United States controls over five thousand thermonuclear missiles. Sudan controls none. So
by rw 17y ago
Capacity for harm != actual harm done.
To play Devil's advocate: The United States controls over five thousand thermonuclear missiles. Sudan controls none. So what country has been more evil in the last decade?
It's important to acknowledge, too, that Google likely has more blackmail-able information on us than the FBI.
- DannoHung 17y agoYour analogy is confusing. Thermonuclear weapons have nothing to do with morality.
- rw 17y agoIt's about capacity for harm.
- m_eiman 17y agoSo what country has been more evil in the last decade? That probably depends on who you're asking.
- fnid2 17y agoProbably the united states. They've killed millions of people around the world in the last decade. If you don't limit it to the last decade, it's even worse.
- rw 17y agoYeah. It's not the crispest distinction to make. But, note that the U.S. has also helped a whole lot of people. a - b = c Being utilitarian about it, which country has done better in the last decade?
- derefr 17y agoBeing utilitarian about it, India or China is ahead no matter what, because of all of those little sacks of utility known as "babies" they've produced. ;)