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China might do it, so we did it first. I love this logic, and another place to apply it is about when to use nuclear bombs.
by jimmydoe 1y ago
China might do it, so we did it first. I love this logic, and another place to apply it is about when to use nuclear bombs.
- Gud 1y agoThe key difference is that if China uses their nukes, so will we. On them.
- kulahan 1y agoI’m not talking about China. I’m talking about every single nation on the planet.
- still_grokking 1y agoAs you say, "China" is here only a placeholder. This "logic" that you need to do obviously illegal stuff (under current legislation) because otherwise someone else would do it and take the loot from that raid remains highly questionable no matter what country you put in that placeholder. The same "logic" would for example dictate that you should dismiss patents as otherwise "someone in China" could do it before you. Somehow nobody would agree that this is a valid approach in that case…
- kulahan 1y agoHuh? No, im saying if China builds the ability to teleport soldiers around a field, and we’re stuck getting consent waivers from everyone because teleportation technically means you’re being killed, we’re gonna lose the war. If you’re the leader of a nation, that’s the reality you need to work within. I really don’t care, as someone responsible for 330 million souls, if everyone is pretty equally robbed to support the whole nation. That’s like… taxes, man.