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> Alternatively, the US and other democracies could be destroyed and their populations either exterminated or forcefully assimilated into some kind of authorita
by lvs 7y ago
> Alternatively, the US and other democracies could be destroyed and their populations either exterminated or forcefully assimilated into some kind of authoritarian world superstate.
A false choice you attempt to make true by ensuring the cycle of escalation never ends. No US war since 1945 has been undertaken for the purpose you ascribe.
- ardy42 7y ago> A false choice you attempt to make true by ensuring the cycle of escalation never ends. No US war since 1945 has been undertaken for the purpose you ascribe. You don't understand deterrence.
- lvs 7y agoYou know what I understand? How are you inside my head? In fact, an understanding of deterrence is the basis for my critique. Deterrence is just branding for an endless cycle of escalation, investment, and global danger. It's almost as if, perhaps, you weren't alive during the Cold War and don't understand its absurdity.