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We really are doomed because some people like to think of ways that we could kill fewer of each other?
by nerdbert 3y ago
We really are doomed because some people like to think of ways that we could kill fewer of each other?
- Diti 3y agoReverting to bow and crossbows wouldn’t reduce the amount of people killed. Look up “tactical crossbow” (or assault crossbow) in your favorite search engine.
- pixl97 3y agoHonestly probably would increase it. For the last 80 or so years the nuclear weapon has likely reduced the number of deaths in war more than anything else. Of course it's hard to prove a counterfactual. This said, the cost of outright war with nukes is so terrible that the large nations of the world have avoided going toe to toe and instead engaged in smaller proxy wars, that while terrible, have had relatively low population kill rate in relation to what occurred in world wars.
- robertlagrant 3y agoNo, it's the ridiculous irony of thinking everyone would cooperate, but would still want to kill each other.
- mbork_pl 3y agoHow about the fact that laws of war[0] exist? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_war
- hef19898 3y agoWhich unfortunately get ignored all the time by everyone.
- amanaplanacanal 3y agoNot all the time, occasionally the winners use them to take revenge on the losers.
- hef19898 3y agoUnless of course, the winner dod the same thing (unconditional submarine warfare, strategic bombing). But then I think people will have less decency when it comes to these things than back in 1945.
- foolswisdom 3y agoLots of these laws of war exist to limit the gruesomeness of war, but if you think it's reasonably necessary for the objective of the war, these rules (legally) go out the window (completely, but to whatever extent is necessary). For example <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportionality_(law) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportionality_(law)>
- metabagel 3y agoI think it’s just a thought experiment.