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> actively supported a preventive nuclear strike against Russia. Well, even Bertrand Russell, who protested against war from WWI to the Vietnam War, advocated
by yesenadam 5y ago
> actively supported a preventive nuclear strike against Russia.
Well, even Bertrand Russell, who protested against war from WWI to the Vietnam War, advocated a preemptive nuclear strike against the USSR in 1954. The risk of nuclear war killing everyone, once the USSR had nukes, just seemed too great, I guess.
- spacechild1 5y agoSo Bertrand Russell wasn't always right, either. Fortunately, the actual politicians in charge were a bit more reasonable.
- adolph 5y agoWhat if he was right and we live now in a world worse as a result? What if he wasn’t right and we live now in a world better as a result?
- i_haz_rabies 5y agoI wonder if their opinions would have changed if they had been aware of the possibility this would result in nuclear winter.
- nahuel0x 5y agoFor the curious, check this essay "Did Russell Advocate Preventive Atomic War against the USSR?": https://mulpress.mcmaster.ca/russelljournal/article/download/2014/2039 https://mulpress.mcmaster.ca/russelljournal/article/download...