Squorlple@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoBringing a "please don't" to a gun fightlemmy.worldimagemessage-square197linkfedilinkarrow-up1990
arrow-up1990imageBringing a "please don't" to a gun fightlemmy.worldSquorlple@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square197linkfedilink
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoYou’d think so, but it worked out surprisingly well during the cold war.
minus-squarefloquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoThe war that was caused by nuclear arsenals and ended with treaties to get rid of them? The fuck
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month 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-squarefloquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month 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
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThe cold war ended when the Soviet Union ran out of money. And frankly, there are still people trying to keep it going.
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
The cold war ended when the Soviet Union ran out of money. And frankly, there are still people trying to keep it going.