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Re:Maximator: European signals intelligence cooperation by ntsplnkv2 on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @01:46PM (#23326996)
Surely the threat of mass destruction had more to do with that so-called peace.

And was it really peaceful? All that espionage essentially led to the proxy wars across the globe that cost countless number of lives.

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Re:Maximator: European signals intelligence cooperation by deathgrips on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @07:44PM (#23331607)
How many people died in WW2 vs all wars after WW2?
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Re:Maximator: European signals intelligence cooperation by ntsplnkv2 on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @10:17PM (#23332702)
Why?
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Re:Maximator: European signals intelligence cooperation by deathgrips on Thursday May 28, 2020 @04:55AM (#23335018)
Proxy wars and spying kills less people than world wars. It's objectively better.
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Re:Maximator: European signals intelligence cooperation by ntsplnkv2 on Thursday May 28, 2020 @09:20AM (#23336881)
It's only objectively better until another world war comes - we are not immune, and then, it will be easily objectively worse. This argument is rather pointless - externalizing warfare to poor nations and then saying the world is "peaceful" is quite immoral.
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Re:Maximator: European signals intelligence cooperation by deathgrips on Friday May 29, 2020 @12:44AM (#23346337)
Do you have a better, moral way to reduce war fatalities?
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Re:Maximator: European signals intelligence cooperation by ntsplnkv2 on Friday May 29, 2020 @09:19AM (#23349631)
Do you have an argument that isn't a straw-man?

Espionage is not used by governments to maintain peace and reduce war fatalities - it's used by governments to gain an edge over their adversaries. Espionage existed in WW2 as it did in times of peace - to say peace is a consequence of it is absurd.

MAD is the only thing that has prevented major world conflict.

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