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> ...things that will hopefully never be used, and if they are, for death. This is a deep and important misunderstanding of weapons. According to this argumen
by BurningFrog 4y ago
> ...things that will hopefully never be used, and if they are, for death.
This is a deep and important misunderstanding of weapons.
According to this argument, the uncountable trillions spent of the US nuclear arsenal was wasted, since it was never used.
In reality the main use for most weapons is deterrent!! If you have enough weapons standing around, you can avoid war, and the weapons have produced life!
- adhesive_wombat 4y agoIndeed, which is why it can't happen. But if you didn't need the deterrent, what then? That's the hypothetical (note "on all sides"), not sack in military spending unilaterally and hope for the best.
- WillPostForFood 4y agoUntil human nature changes you always need a deterrent.