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> And yes progress is good progress. Many weapons designers thought they were making war “more humane” by creating weapons that killed faster and more decisive
by TimorousBestie 3mo ago
> And yes progress is good progress.
Many weapons designers thought they were making war “more humane” by creating weapons that killed faster and more decisively.
Haber, on chemical warfare: “The gas weapons are not at all more cruel than the flying iron pieces; on the contrary, the fraction of fatal gas diseases is comparatively smaller, the mutilations are missing.”
- skor 3mo agoHere is another example https://fortune.com/2026/02/21/laptops-tablets-schools-gen-z-less-cognitively-capable-parents-first-time-cellphone-bans-standardized-test-scores/ https://fortune.com/2026/02/21/laptops-tablets-schools-gen-z...
- Marha01 3mo ago> Many weapons designers thought they were making war “more humane” by creating weapons that killed faster and more decisively. Do you think the world would be better off if we still killed ourselves with swords instead of drones? The result is the same. A death is a death. The real cause of wars is not "better weapons".
- vkou 3mo agoIn that case, isn't the most logical and reasonable way to fight wars would be to immediately use city-killing nuclear weapons?
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