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The goal is not to end humanity, though.

• gberger 5y ago
  The goal is to end humans.
  • myth_drannon 5y ago
    The stated goal of Iran's government is to end a specific group of humans that identify themselves as Israelis by using nuclear or conventional weapons.
• blunte 5y ago
  Of course that's not the goal in most cases (but it obviously is the case where warfare is involved - at least ending a subset of humanity). But if you look at food/diet changes, lifestyle changes, warfare changes, energy source/consumption changes, and so on, you can see we are working toward the end of humanity. Hopefully it will take a very long time, but there will be a tipping point where it becomes _very_ unpleasant. Let's extrapolate with some current technologies a bit. We have these pretty cool gunshot locator systems; we have AI or robotic attack systems; we have broader control systems which can disable power and water from target zones. Heck we can control and overload industrial systems, potentially causing mass casualties. No one sets out to end humanity. Well, most people don't. But degree by degree (pun not initially intended) we get closer to self-induced extinction.
• s5300 5y ago
  I'm somewhat unconvinced. I think there's a decent amount of fantastical evangelicals attempting to create their own little rapture at this point. https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/3/15/17117298/mike-pompeo-trump-secretary-of-state-politics-battle-evangelical-holy-war-christian https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/3/15/17117298/mike-pompe... WAPO and others have better pay walled articles.
• MisterBastahrd 5y ago
  The goal is to be respected on a geopolitical basis. Much easier to bully a nation militarily if they can't respond with a nuke.