Re:People Had to Be Convinced of the Usefulness of Electricity
by bumby on Monday March 20, 2023 @03:33PM
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>Why do you believe such a thing exists in the U.S.?
Because it exists for every civilization and essentially every system. The U.S. is not inherently exceptional in this regard.
And, yes, MAD is plausible and also a strong deterrent. But a central crux of the theory is that the system is inhabited by rational agents. Humans can even be modeled as rational agents most of the time, but I don't believe they adhere to this model all of the time. Behavioral psychology seems to bear this out.
Re:People Had to Be Convinced of the Usefulness of Electricity
by MichaelZuo on Thursday March 23, 2023 @07:57PM
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> Because it exists for every civilization and essentially every system. The U.S. is not inherently exceptional in this regard.
How does that follow? Clearly the presence of WMDs changed the game.
I also don't see how rationality, or it's absence, relates to this point?
Why do you believe such a thing exists in the U.S.?
I personally find the arguments for mutually assured destruction very plausible.
Whether it's between countries or between factions within a country with WMDs, a real fighting war will practically wipe out the citizenry, including the vast majority of farmers and certainly everyone living in cities.