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I'm not trying to be snide, but this feels more alarmist than ever. I feel like we're further away from nuclear war than we have been in a long time. We have a
by djsumdog 7y ago
I'm not trying to be snide, but this feels more alarmist than ever. I feel like we're further away from nuclear war than we have been in a long time. We have a lot more wars-by-proxy to fund war industries in the US, EU and Russia, which is a huge problem within itself, but far as the nuclear death of the planet, I feel like we've been in solid fear of mutually assured destruction for quite a while.
There is no real science behind the doomsday clock. It's literally an argument from authority, and I think it should be challenged.
- bonzini 7y agoIt seems like it covers other kinds of catastrophe than just nuclear war.
- glbrew 7y agoYou need to do basic reading into the doomsday clock. The primary concerns right now are catastrophic climate change and technological threats, including nuclear technologies. Regardless, many nuclear theorists and academics including Noam Chomsky (known war hawk and military industrial complex supporter) also think we are at an increasing threat of nuclear war. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7hOpT0lPGI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7hOpT0lPGI
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- bb88 7y agoSo the Iran nuclear deal is dead. North Korea has the bomb. And Russia is attacking the US political system -- and winning apparently. Glasnost and the fall of the Berlin wall in 1990 are pretty much the benchmark for marking nuclear peace in the world. Given what I said above, you really want to hold onto your opinion that we're the furthest from nuclear war we've ever been in a long time? And apparently in war gaming out conflicts with Russia and China, well... we suck lately. https://breakingdefense.com/2019/03/us-gets-its-ass-handed-to-it-in-wargames-heres-a-24-billion-fix/ https://breakingdefense.com/2019/03/us-gets-its-ass-handed-t...