• DagwoodIII@piefed.social
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    1 day ago

    It takes two people to come to an agreement, but only one to start a fight.

    Ironically, Mutually Assured Destruction has actually prevented nuclear war, even if it did result in a lot of proxy wars.

    It’s a real world example of the trolley problem. The US and USSR killed hundreds of thousands Vietnamese but saved the lives of billions of other folks.