I'm not well read on the topic, and I do tend to agree with you, but I can imagine an argument like: - nuclear threat is a serious cost to productivity and wel

I'm not well read on the topic, and I do tend to agree with you, but I can imagine an argument like: - nuclear threat is a serious cost to productivity and well-being - the bomb merely brought forward a conclusion that was already looking inevitable There's an obvious counter that some nation likely would have developed nuclear weapons independently - America was merely the first. Nonetheless, I think it's not a given that the bomb was a positive.