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mfiro | 1 year ago

Using technology to improve lives is one thing, but using technology to survive missile attacks is just another level. Sometime I ask myself, will humans ever stop wars once and forever.

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EnigmaFlare|1 year ago

I don't think that would be stable. No war means losing the ability to fight which means eventually it'll be easy enough for just one small group to attack somebody much bigger but weaker.

If war is solved by all attacked countries surrendering immediately so one aggressor rules the world, I'm sure factions would emerge within it who are competing for power again.

Maybe a solution could come from some defensive technology permanently outperforming offensive technology? I think people would still find a way and the wars might be or begin by psychologically changing people's allegiances.

kjkjadksj|1 year ago

The risk of war between sacramento and san fransisco is zero. I don’t see why we can’t make that true for the world over one day.

xyst|1 year ago

Humans are naturally inclined towards war or conflict. It’s our fatal flaw.

JKCalhoun|1 year ago

Seems to be just a few bad eggs that fuck it up for the rest of us. Everyone I know just wants to get along with their lives, deal with their own problems.

Ylpertnodi|1 year ago

>fatal flaw

Enjoy your freedoms: paid for in blood.

Ylpertnodi|1 year ago

>fatal flaw

Enjoy your freedoms: paid for in blood.

egorfine|1 year ago

> will humans ever stop wars once and forever

This is an overly broad and philosophical question. It's positioned far away. We could all get together for a cup of coffee and discuss this topic for ages.

A more grounded and practical question would be: why didn't Biden stop the war?

Now we're talking! One should expect lots of contradictory opinions, quite some hostility, a couple of MTG-like personalities with followers and of course this one specific comment downvoted to hell.

But see, that's exactly the point: opinions vastly differ on the same subject depending on whether the situation is a hypothetical one far away or a physical reality.