>there is a good chance that mutually assured destruction prevented war despite how terrifying the policy is. If I bet at the Casino using a martingale system

>there is a good chance that mutually assured destruction prevented war despite how terrifying the policy is. If I bet at the Casino using a martingale system I'll usually leave the Casino with more money than I came with. Doesn't mean that the Martingale system is a winning strategy or that I'm actually beating the house. MAD certainly prevents war, but that doesn't prove it's worth it.