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Surely the threat of mass destruction had more to do with that so-called peace. And was it really peaceful? All that espionage essentially led to the proxy war
by ntsplnkv2 6y ago
Surely the threat of mass destruction had more to do with that so-called peace.
And was it really peaceful? All that espionage essentially led to the proxy wars across the globe that cost countless number of lives.
- deathgrips 6y agoHow many people died in WW2 vs all wars after WW2?
- ntsplnkv2 6y agoWhy?
- deathgrips 6y agoProxy wars and spying kills less people than world wars. It's objectively better.
- ntsplnkv2 6y agoIt's only objectively better until another world war comes - we are not immune, and then, it will be easily objectively worse. This argument is rather pointless - externalizing warfare to poor nations and then saying the world is "peaceful" is quite immoral.
- deathgrips 6y agoDo you have a better, moral way to reduce war fatalities?
- ntsplnkv2 6y agoDo you have an argument that isn't a straw-man? Espionage is not used by governments to maintain peace and reduce war fatalities - it's used by governments to gain an edge over their adversaries. Espionage existed in WW2 as it did in times of peace - to say peace is a consequence of it is absurd. MAD is the only thing that has prevented major world conflict.