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What's scary is that at time scales of one generation or longer societies seem to forget even very important things. How pandemic looks like. That war and milit
by scotty79 3y ago
What's scary is that at time scales of one generation or longer societies seem to forget even very important things. How pandemic looks like. That war and militarization is not such a good idea.
- XorNot 3y ago> That war and militarization is not such a good idea. These are really not two sides of the same coin.
- scotty79 3y agoThey are the same side, just stretched over time.
- lukas099 3y agoConversely I think NATO and being the "world's policeman" was more popular in the US after WWII when we realized we could be pulled into European conflicts. After decades of relative peace a lot of people are wondering why we're spending so much on defense.
- pfdietz 3y agoAnother motivation was to inhibit nuclear proliferation. Without a global policeman, everyone has a motivation to acquire nuclear weapons.