I would like to say that we are still operating under MAD where no one will set off nukes because of the consequences, as long as we don’t push them to it. That, essentially, we are still living in Cold War logic where we can fight through proxies and sanctions and eventually topple one regime or the other, as long as we don’t openly march on Beijing or Moscow and threaten a nuclear regime with violent annihilation in such a way that if Russia or China might say “fuck it, our country is destroyed anyway.”
The problem is, our government is increasingly run by diversity hires and spiteful mutants, who, because they are too dumb, or too arrogant, or too incompetent, or too evil, cannot understand the risks of getting nuked. Think about people who are as hawkish as Hillary Clinton or as dumb as Eric Swallwell, and know it only gets worse.
South Africa dismantled their nukes before the end of Apartheid, because they didn’t trust a black-run state with them. Under the current “diversity” rules, it is almost inevitable that we will eventually find out if their fear was well-founded.
Remember: If nothing changes, China WILL be number 1 before the end of the century.
I’m not convinced that’s set in stone. China doesn’t have diversity, but it does have its own demographic time bomb in the results of the one child policy. It is also building ghost town after ghost town to prop up its economy and real estate speculation with make-work projects, which doesn’t seem infinitely sustainable. I’m not saying China is doomed, but I think that as it stands, the US or China or both could hypothetically collapse by the end of the century, just from internal problems. I wouldn’t want to bet on which one, if either, will be the dominant world power in 2100.
They don’t make those decisions now, but I think that the cultural forces of worshipping “POCs” currently in play may very well be a stone rolling down hill, and that if nothing changes, in 10 or 20 or 30 years the ideology of promoting skin and sex over competence may have consumed enough of the players that “diversity” rules in truth.
Look how close we are now—like I said, I can imagine Hillary Clinton nuking people. I can certainly imagine Kamala Harris, or rising stars like AOC and anyone in “The Squad” giving that order. Imagine if, in a couple decades, someone like them becomes president and everyone in the chain of command who could hypothetically balk at a nuke order is also sufficiently “diverse.” Is that future really so impossible?
Do you guys think we're actually headed towards a nuclear war, or is that less likely than we think?
Would love to hear your thoughts on this.
I would like to say that we are still operating under MAD where no one will set off nukes because of the consequences, as long as we don’t push them to it. That, essentially, we are still living in Cold War logic where we can fight through proxies and sanctions and eventually topple one regime or the other, as long as we don’t openly march on Beijing or Moscow and threaten a nuclear regime with violent annihilation in such a way that if Russia or China might say “fuck it, our country is destroyed anyway.”
The problem is, our government is increasingly run by diversity hires and spiteful mutants, who, because they are too dumb, or too arrogant, or too incompetent, or too evil, cannot understand the risks of getting nuked. Think about people who are as hawkish as Hillary Clinton or as dumb as Eric Swallwell, and know it only gets worse.
South Africa dismantled their nukes before the end of Apartheid, because they didn’t trust a black-run state with them. Under the current “diversity” rules, it is almost inevitable that we will eventually find out if their fear was well-founded.
I’m not convinced that’s set in stone. China doesn’t have diversity, but it does have its own demographic time bomb in the results of the one child policy. It is also building ghost town after ghost town to prop up its economy and real estate speculation with make-work projects, which doesn’t seem infinitely sustainable. I’m not saying China is doomed, but I think that as it stands, the US or China or both could hypothetically collapse by the end of the century, just from internal problems. I wouldn’t want to bet on which one, if either, will be the dominant world power in 2100.
"Diversity Hires" don't get to make decisions at that high of a level. The people doing the hiring do.
They don’t make those decisions now, but I think that the cultural forces of worshipping “POCs” currently in play may very well be a stone rolling down hill, and that if nothing changes, in 10 or 20 or 30 years the ideology of promoting skin and sex over competence may have consumed enough of the players that “diversity” rules in truth.
Look how close we are now—like I said, I can imagine Hillary Clinton nuking people. I can certainly imagine Kamala Harris, or rising stars like AOC and anyone in “The Squad” giving that order. Imagine if, in a couple decades, someone like them becomes president and everyone in the chain of command who could hypothetically balk at a nuke order is also sufficiently “diverse.” Is that future really so impossible?
"Why can't we just drone strike inconvenient people" Hillary Clinton
If London and Los Angeles get nuked it will be worth it.
There is little to no-chance of a nuclear war.