Is capitalism greed the only thing saving us from mutually assured destruction?

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    19 hours ago

    Also the point where, if one starts throwing them, likely others will follow and that will basically kill us all

    Which is why I’m so fucking terrified of the religious death cult guys in charge of the US government

    Say what you want about the USSR (it was a shit place), but at least they had some cool heads there that on more than one occasion avoided WWIII

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      12 minutes ago

      but at least they had some cool heads there that on more than one occasion avoided WWIII

      It’s worth noting here that those cool heads existed mostly in the military, not in the leadership. Officers who received orders to fire, and then delayed because they suspected a mistake had been made. Had they followed their orders as written, we would have had a different outcome.

      And after preventing WWIII, they were generally censured for disobeying orders.

    • fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works
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      15 hours ago

      Yeah greedy capitalist and power hunger bureaucrats are at least invested in the world existing, fundamentalists really will give up reality for their particular fantasy

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        12 hours ago

        Some power of negotiation is wrapped up in making your opponent believe you really will kill everyone even if it kills you too…

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        13 hours ago

        Yeah I mean the Evangelical Christians believe helping Israel commit genocide is part of how to bring about the end times. Which they want.

        Cause then all the people who didn’t believe them will get owned.

        Imagine wanting Armageddon to prove your bigotry and hate was the right way to live.

        That’s some incredible insecurity in one’s beliefs right there.