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I didn't mean to suggest direct conflict would be any better, I just found out disturbing to see NINBYism applied to war. Basically "let's hope it continues to
by AlecSchueler 1y ago
I didn't mean to suggest direct conflict would be any better, I just found out disturbing to see NINBYism applied to war. Basically "let's hope it continues to be other people who suffer from our conflicts and never us."
- ben_w 1y agoMm. I get your vibe. …but also I think NINBYism is the wrong metaphor for the point you make: if everyone NINBYs housing, we have an end to housing and all suffer the shortage; if everyone NINBYs war, we have an end to war. But I get your vibe.
- AlecSchueler 1y agoBut everyone can't do that. There are tremendous global power disparities. That's why there's near continuous proxy conflicts but it rarely flares up to the point that aggressor nations have to suffer directly.