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Re:China harvested organs from political prisoners, says tri... by sizzle on Thursday December 13, 2018 @10:59PM (#18678357)
"It just seems completely inevitable to me that China eventually wants to conquer the world. Why is the west enriching them, and by proxy funding their research into war machines when it seems obvious that these things will eventually be used against us?"

I think the threat angle is questionable, even if China perfects altering human genetics to create a superior breed of humans, the theory of mutually assured destruction + our arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles with nuclear payloads + the concept of a deadman's switch is still pretty solid insurance against anything they can do on a macro level along with any other major world power like Russia.

Any war/history buffs out there care to chime in and change or reinforce my opinion on the topic with some concrete facts and data?

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Re:China harvested organs from political prisoners, says tri... by tandr on Thursday December 13, 2018 @11:17PM (#18678437)
> even if China perfects altering human genetics to create a superior breed of humans, the theory of mutually assured destruction + our arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles with nuclear payloads + the concept of a deadman's switch is still pretty solid insurance against anything they can do on a macro level and any other major world power like Russia.

Altering human genetics might lead to a creation of radiation-resistant human. If such mutation gets to a significant percentage of country population, such country might actually welcome an unfolding MAD scenario. (Subject to radiation-resistant food and energy supplies etc)

I think it is ultimately possible - elephants have large bodies but less cancer, cockroaches posses high resistance to radiation, etc. Would this be called "human" is another question...

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Re:China harvested organs from political prisoners, says tri... by Angelore on Monday December 17, 2018 @05:59AM (#18698189)
This doesn't really matter since not only humans are affected. The most obvious example is the destruction of any semiconductors, which along with the destruction of the environment, will send the remaining humans into the bronze age at best.
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