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I mean, that does sound pretty crazy. Specific wars are often ill-advised or largely pointless, but "stop doing war" presupposes that all other countries in the

I mean, that does sound pretty crazy. Specific wars are often ill-advised or largely pointless, but "stop doing war" presupposes that all other countries in the world will also "stop doing war", otherwise what you're suggesting is just unilateral surrender under the guise of stopping war.

AndrewKemendo 5mo ago
Hey if that’s the world you wanna live in then continue to do what you’re doing
constantius 5mo ago
You're strawmanning I think. My interpretation of the parent comment is: Americans should stop aggressing other countries, slaughtering the population, and then publishing scientific breakthroughs on treating ptsd among the killers. I'd say the comment says nothing about wars of survival, which is not what veterans have ptsd for. No one is 'doing war' at America.
- hunterpayne 5mo ago
  Game theory and history say otherwise. If you want to be a fool, have at it. Just don't expect the rest of us to go along or respect you because of it.
  - westmeal 5mo ago
    Just because it used to happen doesn't mean it should continue. It will be death of all of us collectively.
    - AndrewKemendo 5mo ago
      But didn’t you know: game theory!!!! Nash equilibrium is the religion for millennials who didn’t get sucked into the boomer/gen-x Ayn Rand bullshit
      - westmeal 5mo ago
        God... Ayn Rand sucks so hard.
  - throwaway27448 5mo ago
    States are not rational actors. Game theory does not apply to them.
RobotToaster 5mo ago
Stopping doing wars doesn't mean not having a military capable of wars. It means not starting them. The US hasn't been involved in justified military action since the 40s.
throwaway27448 5mo ago
> presupposes that all other countries in the world will also "stop doing war" No it doesn't. But making efforts to stop it ourselves is necessary to achieve that. Same reason it's worth doing nuclear disarmament: because not disarming guarantees nuclear war eventually.

AndrewKemendo 5mo ago

Hey if that’s the world you wanna live in then continue to do what you’re doing

constantius 5mo ago

You're strawmanning I think. My interpretation of the parent comment is: Americans should stop aggressing other countries, slaughtering the population, and then publishing scientific breakthroughs on treating ptsd among the killers. I'd say the comment says nothing about wars of survival, which is not what veterans have ptsd for. No one is 'doing war' at America.

hunterpayne 5mo ago
Game theory and history say otherwise. If you want to be a fool, have at it. Just don't expect the rest of us to go along or respect you because of it.
- westmeal 5mo ago
  Just because it used to happen doesn't mean it should continue. It will be death of all of us collectively.
  - AndrewKemendo 5mo ago
    But didn’t you know: game theory!!!! Nash equilibrium is the religion for millennials who didn’t get sucked into the boomer/gen-x Ayn Rand bullshit
    - westmeal 5mo ago
      God... Ayn Rand sucks so hard.
- throwaway27448 5mo ago
  States are not rational actors. Game theory does not apply to them.

RobotToaster 5mo ago

Stopping doing wars doesn't mean not having a military capable of wars. It means not starting them. The US hasn't been involved in justified military action since the 40s.

throwaway27448 5mo ago

> presupposes that all other countries in the world will also "stop doing war" No it doesn't. But making efforts to stop it ourselves is necessary to achieve that. Same reason it's worth doing nuclear disarmament: because not disarming guarantees nuclear war eventually.