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The nuclear weapons states have failed to act. The international community is using shame (which has worked in the past for other treaties) and reaffirming thei
by SapphireSun 9y ago
The nuclear weapons states have failed to act. The international community is using shame (which has worked in the past for other treaties) and reaffirming their commitments to non-proliferation. Would you rather they do nothing?
- jbob2000 9y agoThe countries in question have plenty of shame already, this is a speck of dust on their mountains of shame. Nuclear weapons are different. Everybody has to deactivate them at the exact same time, otherwise you end up with power imbalances, which end with more proliferation. This group is like a shrieking woman in a room with 6 other people all pointing guns at each other - completely ineffective, just adding more noise to an already tense situation.
- SapphireSun 9y agoThere are pathways to risk reduction and disarmament if we have the political will to take them. For instance, in the United States, we could push congress to pass S.200 "Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons" https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/200 https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/200 We can also push towards minimal deterrence first and then organize a multilateral disarmament.