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These attacks, regardless of how ethical, are shortsighted. Imagine a situation in the future where Russians revolt and take their govt for the people, a Democr
by teawrecks 5y ago
These attacks, regardless of how ethical, are shortsighted. Imagine a situation in the future where Russians revolt and take their govt for the people, a Democratic govt is successfully established, peace is realized, etc. This future Russia is still fucked because they can't trust any code. The internet will be littered with virus landmines that target them based on their ancestors affiliations. You've literally created the toxic racist/nationalist internet you thought you were protesting.
- orbital-decay 5y agoThis point should be discussed more (and sadly isn't). Who is going to enforce the de-escalation in case of outraged mobs and individuals, and the automated artifacts of war they left behind? The likely answer is nobody, and it will just breed more violence. It's the reason behind banning certain munitions in warfare, by the way. It's not just the individuals either. Broadly speaking, the whole war happened because there are very little de-escalation mechanisms in modern politics, leading to runaway processes of hatred and violence. And being able to back down requires williness, understanding, and most importantly mutual guarantees. There are simply no such mechanisms in place, modern politics can typically only go "forward" (whatever the perceived forward direction is) which is self-destructive. Things should be as reversible as possible.