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The problem with technology is that the people who have it conquer and kill all the people who don't, essentially ensuring a destructive race to the bottom. You
by applfanboysbgon 1mo ago
The problem with technology is that the people who have it conquer and kill all the people who don't, essentially ensuring a destructive race to the bottom. You would need a mutual international alliance of nations who not only renounce the technology but also agree to invade anyone who attempts to develop it. Our closest precedent is nuclear weapons, but rather than renouncing them, the US's position is that "only we should have them" and that other people acquiring the same tech they have are valid targets for invasion, and they will obviously apply that notion to any new technology that can be weaponised as well.
- simianparrot 1mo agoGoogle which countries have nuclear weapons. Hint: It’s not just the US, it’s also its allies and frenemies who’ve not been invaded. It’s only nutball countries like Iran that get invaded when on the cusp of acquiring it and for good reason.
- FreePalestine1 1mo agoTry googling which country was the only country to use nukes. Hint: it's another nutball country. There is strong evidence that Iran was not as close to a nuclear weapon as you say. We will find out the truth eventually, like we found out that the WMDs in Iraq claim was a complete lie.
- deaux 1mo agoAh yes, such nutball countries who have apparently been on the cusp for 30 years. Wild definition of cusp for sure.
- pfdietz 1mo agoThe consequences of that invasion debunks the claim it was done "for good reason". It seems to have been done without use of reason at all.
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