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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by calcifer on Thursday April 05, 2018 @12:47AM (#16761849)
> It's a simple matter of survival to equip yourself as best you can to defend yourself.

And when was the last time the US actually defended its own territory instead of invading somone elses?

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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by calcifer on Thursday April 05, 2018 @04:24AM (#16762929)
How is that a strawman? You said "it's a matter of survival" to "defend yourself" and I'm saying that's not really a valid argument for the country in the article.
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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by Can_Not on Monday April 09, 2018 @09:05AM (#16792617)
> Hegemonic stability theory (HST) is a theory of international relations, rooted in research from the fields of political science, economics, and history. HST indicates that the international system is more likely to remain stable when a single nation-state is the dominant world power, or hegemon.

Not that I explicitly agree, but there is some theory.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegemonic_stability_theory

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