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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should South Korea launch a preemptive attack on North Korea?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
True!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should South Korea launch a preemptive attack on North Korea?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
I don’t think so. Probably not, but I’m really not sure. It’s a classical argument when starting a war (Germany/WW1 and Japan/WW2), that’s why I brought it up.

I.e. if you believe there is a very high risk for war at SOME point, then you probably want to take control of the situation and start the war at a time and place of your choice. If you can destroy 90% of NKs ICMBs (or other kinds of carriers) today, it’s better to start the war now, if the new technology will bring that number down to say 50% by tomorrow.

The conspiracy theorist in me says that it’s not impossible that the recent coup attempt in SK was somehow related to this kind of thinking. This is how the military tend to reason after all.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Went Off SSDI to work, hit with large FTB tax bill, lost power and can't pay for meds. Now what?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Maybe you could move abroad? Canada or the EU? I.e. some western country with a better welfare system. If you don’t have friends or family, that might be an option. And if you’re healthy enough.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should South Korea launch a preemptive attack on North Korea?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
I guess the counter argument would be that the situation will only get worse the longer you wait. This has happened many times before.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should South Korea launch a preemptive attack on North Korea?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
That’s an argument I don’t agree with. I believe the perceived risks of nuclear fallout is negligible in most cases.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should South Korea launch a preemptive attack on North Korea?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
I agree. But hopefully I’ll learn some serious arguments.
Should South Korea launch a preemptive attack on North Korea?
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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should Germany aquire nuclear weapons?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Well, then just change the question. Should it be legal?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should Germany aquire nuclear weapons?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Well, my guess is that there wouldn’t have been a WW1 if nukes were present. Also, there wouldn’t have been a WW1 (as we know it) if pre-war leaders had known it would be a trench war of attrition. Though we probably would have had WW3 if nukes weren’t present.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should Germany aquire nuclear weapons?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Good timing. youtu.be/xSnZLWjOkHU
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should Germany aquire nuclear weapons?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I believe that with the new US administration (and popular US opinion), one could go from good terms to bad over night. I would not trust that the US adhere to article 5 if things become serious for real. Why should they start a nuclear war just because their semi-friend forces itself upon a woke central European country? Things were completely different during the cold War.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should Germany aquire nuclear weapons?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

Best thing you can do is to not fucking participate.

What if that’s not an option? It could for sure be rational for a violent actor to force it’s will on a non-voilent one. One only needs one rotten apple and the Nash equilibrium dissolves.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should Germany aquire nuclear weapons?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Fair point.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should Germany aquire nuclear weapons?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Good luck using them unless you’re allowed to. Might be an option if you have a couple of months. Though you would have to defend against two nuclear powers during that time.

Also good luck using your US made jets and critical components.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should Germany aquire nuclear weapons?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
One should never trust the Danes.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should Germany aquire nuclear weapons?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
One does not have to invade. One could just take the country hostage. Make them a puppet.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should Germany aquire nuclear weapons?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Fair point.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should Germany aquire nuclear weapons?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
But what should one do if one has a neighbor who’s constantly threatens with nuclear annihilation and who doesn’t respect anyone who’s not also a nuclear power? I feel that we’re no longer in a Nash equilibrium.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should Germany aquire nuclear weapons?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
And what happens if Le Pen wins the next election?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should Germany aquire nuclear weapons?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
And what if the orange man and his friend Putin differs?
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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone else bounce around from game to game with no clue what to play?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
You might need a dopamine detox in combination with practicing a more rewarding and sustainable hobby. Read a book or start a project if some sort. Or maybe you’re actually experiencing a depression.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it possible to have a "free speech" platform that simultaneously stops "hate speech"?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Many good things have already been said, but I want to add one thing.

If you want an coherent framework that allows free speech but no hate speech, look at consequential ethics. As opposed to rule based ethics (free speech absolutionists).

I.e. we want to maximize the amount of common knowledge (flow of information or free speech) because it leads to the best results over time. If we want to maximize the flow of information, we cannot be absolutionists, because that puts us in a local minimum (failing to optimize properly). In other words, we need to restrict certain free speech to achieve maximum effective free speech.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would Kamala Harris have won the 2024 election if Latinos didn't shift hard to the right?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Kamela lost because the policies of the Democrats suck for working class people. And the Democrats are in general corrupt as fuck. It’s as simple as that. Just as in Russia, if the system is super corrupt, better make it explicit by making corruption THE system. USA has been an oligarchy for quite some time. Trump 2.0 just made it explicit.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would Kamala Harris have won the 2024 election if Latinos didn't shift hard to the right?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Of course immigrants don’t automatically want more immigration for many reasons. They get more competition on the labor market and the large inflow of new immigrants increases the risk of them being a target of xenophobic policies as well. From a materialistic and egoistic viewpoint it’s quite irrational to be pro immigration if you’re an immigrant who has already arrived and is doig fine.