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How silly. How can such a ban be enforced? Will Al Qaeda and ISIS sign the treaty? Will Assad sign it? Will he respect it any more than he respected the ban on
by credit_guy 5y ago
How silly. How can such a ban be enforced? Will Al Qaeda and ISIS sign the treaty? Will Assad sign it? Will he respect it any more than he respected the ban on chemical weapons?
- tclancy 5y agoHow about a change to how we choose to live as a world and make them illegal to build, enforce those laws strictly, etc. The fact we live in a world where arms is a hyper-profitable amoral (at best) industry doesn't mean we should or have to. >‘It seems to be easier for us today to imagine the thoroughgoing deterioration of the earth and of nature than the breakdown of late capitalism; perhaps that is due to some weakness in our imaginations’ https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v41/n09/jenny-turner/not-no-longer-but-not-yet https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v41/n09/jenny-turner/not-no-...
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- mam3 5y agoWorld is amoral. Welcome to reality