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My takeaway from this is that governments do not always act rationally, and therefore MAD doctrine, which assumes that the actors are rational, is a dangerous n
by js8 8y ago
My takeaway from this is that governments do not always act rationally, and therefore MAD doctrine, which assumes that the actors are rational, is a dangerous nonsense.
- graeme 8y agoWhat's the alternative to MAD? We still have it. People have calmed down, but it remains. I always took it to be a description of the state of play once nukes exist.