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I also don't know what a world war looks like in the nuclear age. Proxy wars are bad enough, to be sure, but a world war seems difficult when many nations can g
by danielbln 3y ago
I also don't know what a world war looks like in the nuclear age. Proxy wars are bad enough, to be sure, but a world war seems difficult when many nations can glass the planet.
- naravara 3y agoWe were closer to nuclear war in the 1960s and 1970s than we are today. Sure we don’t have it as good as they did in the ‘90s and 2000s but you wouldn’t know it from the depression and anxiety stats over time, which suggests that the geopolitical situation isn’t the main driver here.
- orbisvicis 3y agoWe don't have enough firepower to glass the planet, and nuclear winter itself may be exaggerated: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_winter#Criticism_and_debate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_winter#Criticism_and... Just like magic... if enough people stop believing in nuclear winter, then it becomes a nuclear free for all.
- NoGravitas 3y agoI'm pretty sure that the research showing the risk of nuclear winter being exaggerated is specifically intended to make nuclear war "thinkable" in a way it wasn't towards the end of the Cold War. It's one small part of a broader trend in elite consensus-making over the last 10 years or so. As a member of the Posadist 4th International, I approve, of course.