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I find this vaguely analogous to the proliferation of cheap handguns in America. If drones are a response to asymmetrical power, the solution would be diplomacy
by josefritzishere 7mo ago
I find this vaguely analogous to the proliferation of cheap handguns in America. If drones are a response to asymmetrical power, the solution would be diplomacy. It undermines existing power paradigm, the solution isnn't complicated. Don't pick needless fights with your neighbors and allies. Maybe drones ultimately make better neighbors.
- SoftTalker 7mo agoThis is the "people are more respectful when everyone is armed" theory.
- jay_kyburz 7mo agoI think handguns in the US has shown that it doesn't work.
- SoftTalker 7mo agoWell at the risk of making a "hasn't been tried" argument, the vast majority of people in the US don't walk around with guns.
- AndriyKunitsyn 7mo agoWhy not? The friendliest people in the US are exactly in the open carry states. NYC on the other hand has the biggest number of jerks per capita I ever seen. (No offence to all nice people from NYC, which there are still plenty.)
- cortesoft 7mo agoThis really depends on what you look like. Open carry states can be very unfriendly if you look a certain way.
- AndriyKunitsyn 7mo agoOK, can't argue with that. I have no first-hand experience on this, you are probably right.
- aidenn0 7mo agoMy personal experience is that LA has NYC beat on a per-capita basis (and possibly an absolute numbers basis; it has roughly half the population, so it would only need to be double per-capita to "win").
- throw310822 7mo agoYes, it's called MAD. It doesn't work for very large groups with many unstable individuals but seems to have worked so far for the small group of nations.
- throw310822 7mo ago(Note though that in MAD you always shoot back at your opponents and never miss the target- which changes things quite a bit.)