> ...turning it towards defense might help strengthen the west's place in the world and be a major contributor to lasting peace. Power differential doesn't lea

> ...turning it towards defense might help strengthen the west's place in the world and be a major contributor to lasting peace. Power differential doesn't lead to peace but more oppression and injustice; or rather, might is right based world order. The West isn't immune to corruption from power, nor its democratic institutions immune to consenting to atrocious crimes in their name. You'd appreciate that such power has often meant peace at home and mayhem abroad. > Almost eighty years without an existential threat Unsure why everything has to be viewed through a dystopian lens; presume the far worse from others but think of themselves as holier than Jesus Christ. Drumming up threats feels almost like a self-fulfilling prophecy. The new globalised world order demands co-existence and not pursuing the next Loch Ness monster. > War is avoided if one party is so strong that an attack is futile. Not really. You avoid true wars when both parties could inflict disproportionate damage on each other (exceptions exist, but they're not the rule). Guerrilla warfare and terrorism is a response to that power imbalance. > Does that mean they have an interest in prolonging war like this article claims? Anyone part of the military industrial complex has every incentive to agitate for war. Those 100x returns won't show up if there's no use for all that tech. > Venture Capital rarely creates trends - it follows them, and arguably amplifies them Exactly.