True but the bystander effect applies to threats to someone else. When the threat is to you and your family, I think fight or flight is more common. But yeah

True but the bystander effect applies to threats to someone else. When the threat is to you and your family, I think fight or flight is more common. But yeah if the chain of consent thinks they can launch nukes without suffering retaliation then I could see a bystander effect coming into play.