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What’s to stop the side that loses the virtual war just having another go in reality? Can you really imagine Putin or Saddam Hussein just accepting a loss and g
by simonh 3y ago
What’s to stop the side that loses the virtual war just having another go in reality? Can you really imagine Putin or Saddam Hussein just accepting a loss and giving up?
Meanwhile a delay in real time while the virtual war is prepared and fought would almost alway be significantly more beneficial to one side over the other.
So many other factors, but that’s a start.
- justsomehnguy 3y agoWhat’s to stop the side that loses the virtual war just having another go in reality? Can you really imagine Biden or Zelensky or Netanyahu just accepting a loss and giving up? I'm dead serious here.
- BriggyDwiggs42 3y agoNo? What is your point?
- simonh 3y agoOf course, absolutely. It’s a serious question. There is the issue that Biden or any other elected leaders are answerable to their electorate, and other institutions in their country, in a way that authoritarians are not, so it’s a matter of the commitment of the nation too, but that’s not directly an issue with the simulated war concept. It’s nonsense for purely practical reasons.
- vinceguidry 3y agoWar games stop would-be belligerents all the time. It's probably the only thing keeping Taiwan a democracy.