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Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 4 weeks agoHere’s the part that scares me. The only reason those trials happened at all were other countries stepped in. Who will defeat USA and hold them accountable in a worst case scenario?
Wahots@pawb.social 4 weeks ago
Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I’m well aware but the people that have the ability to influence that couldn’t care less. It’s kind of like worrying about a nuclear war at this point, if it happens we’re all pretty much dead, and 99% of us aren’t part of the decision to launch them.
I’ve done/do as much activism on climate change a single person can in the last 20 years. It’s basically as pointless as petitioning those in power to dismantle their nuclear bombs. No one in power is interested.
Drbreen@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
How many decades you want to wait before there’s any change?
iglou@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
You underestimate the strength of the 3rd Reich. It was something.
No country on Earth can hold its own if the rest of the world bands against it. If the US go ballistic, they’ll fall.
I’m more scared of whoever is in charge them taking the whole world with them using the big red button.
Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Your final sentence is the point. We didn’t have 1000s of nukes worldwide back then. If no one will dare to stop Russia attacking Ukraine with any meaningful amount of force under threat of nuclear war, why would anyone attack USA?
What about North Korea? Everyone knows what’s going on there isn’t right, but I don’t see the world banding together to overthrow their government and change things.
I think the 100 men vs bear meme is pretty relevant here as well. It’s one thing to say IF every country bands together they can take on USA, it’s another thing entirely to say you could get the world to all agree to that at once. And whoever makes the first move would likely be decimated.
And you’re right, if USA is backed entirely into a corner, Trump is crazy enough to press the nuke button. All it takes is him getting a few high up fanatics to go along with it. So the bear is also wearing a dead man’s switch.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
There’s a reason we are 50 loosely coupled states.
viking@infosec.pub 4 weeks ago
Define “loosely”. You really think there’s more than maybe 3 or 4 states that’d have a chance to sustain themselves on their own? And if a bunch of states would stick together against the others, you’ve got civil war reloaded. With drones, nukes, and blackhawks. Fun times.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
That’s the point. No other country could take us. It’d be a civil war.
And yeah, horrible for everyone involved.