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> neither of them could stomach laying down their arms, because so much blood had been spilt. Lets hope sunk cost fallacy doesn't doom our global civilization.

• kamaal 8y ago
  Unfortunately politics works exactly that way. See how far Japan got in WW2, knowing very well what could be the end of it. In fact the most scary situations in the entire WW2 was the time between the first nuclear weapon and the second nuclear weapon drop and the time after that till surrender. Here is a paragraph from the statement of Emperor of Japan. Moreover, the enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to do damage is, indeed, incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. Should we continue to fight, not only would it result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilization. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan Now imagine if the emperor had thought, they might as well endure a little further and let it continue. Then you have no other option but to the bomb the earth to biological extinction. Its very dangerous to posses a powerful weapon(like nuclear weapons), what's more dangerous is an enemy country deciding to be oblivious of it.