Low Information Voter on Nostr: Cost is not "everything". Hiroshima is a major city today, and was never abandoned. ...
Cost is not "everything". Hiroshima is a major city today, and was never abandoned.
Yes, nuclear destruction of key cities is likely to initiate a cascade of economic and political system failures. But for a decision-maker facing even more imminent threats of irrelevance or death, global thermonuclear war can still be an attractive choice.
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