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I am still amazed that the Cold War didn't go full global thermonuclear over the many regional conflicts, accidents, or mistakes.
by rdl 10y ago
I am still amazed that the Cold War didn't go full global thermonuclear over the many regional conflicts, accidents, or mistakes.
- rhizome 10y agoIt was never going to. It was only a tool to motivate docility, impose repression, and achieve political gain. M.A.D. was known on all sides for decades before I was taught about it in the 80s. Nobody who could influence the Big Red Button was at all interested in relinquishing the power that they would lose in the event of an ICBM war.