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The cost would be negligent compared to existing defence costs. World military budgets are on the order of trillions, so even a 1% spend on prevention would get
by brutusborn 4y ago
The cost would be negligent compared to existing defence costs. World military budgets are on the order of trillions, so even a 1% spend on prevention would get you billions in funding. With that you could fund a research institution with thousands of people, and have billions left over to implement any policies they come up with.
- TulliusCicero 4y agoWhat do you think existing diplomatic and political institutions are, at this point? There's no diplomacy hack that would've stopped Russia from invading Ukraine, and major projects that people thought would've stopped them -- including major trade infrastructure like Nordstream (2) -- were ineffective. On the other hand, if Ukraine had been part of NATO, there was no chance Russia would've invaded. Almost like having more military power on their side would be the correct answer.
- brutusborn 4y agoDiplomatic and political institutions are currently designed for communication between polities, their fundamental mission isn't to promote peace unless that is in their national interest (which is most of the time- but not always). The UN now has departments with this task, but my point is they are barely funded. I'm not expecting any silver bullet, I just think having minimal people working on this problem is foolish. I didn't say anything about stopping the Ukraine War, so I'm not sure how that relates.