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Common excuse for this kind of behavior is "evil people will do it regardless, so the only option for us is do it too to be prepared for when evil people use it
by aeve890 1y ago
Common excuse for this kind of behavior is "evil people will do it regardless, so the only option for us is do it too to be prepared for when evil people use it for evil purposes".
- h2zizzle 1y agoIt's weird that no one thinks to build an Iron Dome until well after the nuclear arms race has been chugging along for a while. The goal should be to checkmate potentially ruinous branches of a tech tree, not to be in perpetual check with them as they grow ever longer and spikier.
- littlestymaar 1y agoIn practice, it's always the evil guy saying that though.
- jolmg 1y agoOr if you flip cause and effect, power corrupts.
- littlestymaar 1y agoThat's a common saying, but honestly I don't really buy it anymore: I feel like it's just a selection bias: in average one does not climb up to the top unless they are a psycho.