ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoHow would world politics be like if the top 100 countries (in terms of military strength) all had their own nuclear arsenals?message-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up123arrow-down1message-squareHow would world politics be like if the top 100 countries (in terms of military strength) all had their own nuclear arsenals?ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
De Facto countries count as a country for the purposes of this question, including unrecognized ones.
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoIt’s only happened twice in world history for a reason. There are thousands of nukes in the world, but no one ever fires them. They make the world more peaceful, not more dangerous.
minus-squareSkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 days agoWe’ve gotten very uncomfortably close to a nuclear exchange multiple times in history The only reason it didn’t happen is pure luck
It’s only happened twice in world history for a reason.
There are thousands of nukes in the world, but no one ever fires them. They make the world more peaceful, not more dangerous.
We’ve gotten very uncomfortably close to a nuclear exchange multiple times in history
The only reason it didn’t happen is pure luck