@Squorlple@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 days agoBringing a "please don't" to a gun fightlemmy.worldimagemessage-square199arrow-up1989
arrow-up1989imageBringing a "please don't" to a gun fightlemmy.world@Squorlple@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 days agomessage-square199
minus-square@JcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•3 days agoYou’d think so, but it worked out surprisingly well during the cold war.
minus-square@floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink1•3 days agoThe war that was caused by nuclear arsenals and ended with treaties to get rid of them? The fuck
minus-square@JcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•17 hours agoThe only reason it stayed cold the whole time is that both sides had nukes. Even the most adamant of chicken hawks hesitated to pull the trigger with the consequence of the world becoming uninhabitable hanging over our heads.
minus-square@floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink1•13 hours agoI’m not saying that MAD is not a thing, I’m just saying it’s a stupid thing. And that the cold war ended when both parties eventually realized that
You’d think so, but it worked out surprisingly well during the cold war.
The war that was caused by nuclear arsenals and ended with treaties to get rid of them? The fuck
The only reason it stayed cold the whole time is that both sides had nukes. Even the most adamant of chicken hawks hesitated to pull the trigger with the consequence of the world becoming uninhabitable hanging over our heads.
I’m not saying that MAD is not a thing, I’m just saying it’s a stupid thing. And that the cold war ended when both parties eventually realized that