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This seems like a false dichotomy. Finding the right balance between individual autonomy and working together for mutual benefit might be a better way to frame
by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
This seems like a false dichotomy. Finding the right balance between individual autonomy and working together for mutual benefit might be a better way to frame it.
>A quick look at how the natural world works is a good enough deterrent: https://www.reddit.com/r/natureismetal/ https://www.reddit.com/r/natureismetal/
What does this prove? No being can survive without destroying another being. Moreover, no plant or animal has threatened the entire Earth moreso than nuclear armed States
- durgiston 9y agocounterpoint: nuclear-armed USSR, and since then nuclear armed former Soviet Republics with poor nuclear security, definitely including Russia in this. second-counterpoint: global warming is also bad, actually damaging the earth instead of potentially damaging it.
- jerf 9y ago"Moreover, no plant or animal has threatened the entire Earth moreso than nuclear armed States" Cyanobacteria have accomplished far more than we have on that front: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oxygenation_Event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oxygenation_Event