Humanity will never end large-scale warfare until the major power centers are dismantled.
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Humanity will never end large-scale warfare until the major power centers are dismantled. The United States, Russia, China—the very existence of these military superpowers, armed with weapons of mass destruction capable of annihilating civilization and possessing the means to develop ever-new arsenals, creates perpetual existential risk for the world.
Two questions arise: First, how can these powers be effectively disarmed? Second, how can we establish a system of global security that addresses real threats rather than serving as a tool for nations to pursue their interests through force?
Personally, I see no path forward from our current position. It seems we are condemned to pass through terrible ordeals that will make the horrors of World War II pale in comparison. Only then, surveying the ruins of the old world, might we begin contemplating how to build anew—assuming, of course, we survive at all, which is far from certain.
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Humanity will never end large-scale warfare until the major power centers are dismantled. The United States, Russia, China—the very existence of these military superpowers, armed with weapons of mass destruction capable of annihilating civilization and possessing the means to develop ever-new arsenals, creates perpetual existential risk for the world.
Two questions arise: First, how can these powers be effectively disarmed? Second, how can we establish a system of global security that addresses real threats rather than serving as a tool for nations to pursue their interests through force?
Personally, I see no path forward from our current position. It seems we are condemned to pass through terrible ordeals that will make the horrors of World War II pale in comparison. Only then, surveying the ruins of the old world, might we begin contemplating how to build anew—assuming, of course, we survive at all, which is far from certain.
@henry A map of the world! Now we just wait for some genius to criticise you for using the Mercator projection! Because clearly that map is very distorted and that means it must be Mercator!!!
(Sarcasm. Yes, I know it is not.)
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@henry A map of the world! Now we just wait for some genius to criticise you for using the Mercator projection! Because clearly that map is very distorted and that means it must be Mercator!!!
(Sarcasm. Yes, I know it is not.)
@tml Hah, thanks, I understand the sarcasm and probably the point behind.
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