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That's just realpolitik. The fact of the matter is that we have recognized that a substantial part of a nations war capability comes from their unity and willin
by gustavus 3y ago
That's just realpolitik. The fact of the matter is that we have recognized that a substantial part of a nations war capability comes from their unity and willingness to prosecute a war. Naturally with the Advent of the Internet and mass communication the weapons to begin to wage war on a populations resolve and unity without kinetic action came into being and are now a battlefront.
The TL;DR is that hearts and minds are the new battlefield and technology is the weapons.
- Taikonerd 3y agoSure. And one thing we could say is, "realistically, nations are going to do this. It's cheap and easy and has a lot of upside if they succeed. So we tolerate it." It's like how the international community accepts that the CIA, FSB, MI6, etc, exist -- nobody serious is really objecting to foreign spying in principle. But in that case -- if we were being consistent -- we might find (for example) Russian agents trying to swing the US election, and we would have to shrug: "ah well, everybody does it." And I doubt that's the attitude that our leaders would take!