They're fronts. Actors. Literal tv personalities. Expendable. Insignificant. Grow up. Trump is the perfect president to appease Putin with.
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I'm being strict with you because you're so close and I believe in you.
aug 28, 2025, 9:33 pm • 0 0 • view
Your view can drive the policy if enough people in power believe in it, I'll give you that.
aug 28, 2025, 9:37 pm • 0 0 • view
Everyone believes in survival.
aug 28, 2025, 9:42 pm • 0 0 • view
If that was the case the government wouldn't be gutting CDC and denying climate change. "Everyone believes in what they believe increases their survival chances" is a more nuanced way of looking at this. "Letting russia fail" -> "Nuclear war" is not a guarantee, it is a probability based on beliefs
aug 28, 2025, 9:48 pm • 1 0 • view
Probabilities. Calculated risks. The US intends to win WWIII first. No use in funding research that won't complete before China invades Taiwan.
aug 28, 2025, 9:51 pm • 0 0 • view
Then there's the russians screaming at them about what they'll do.
aug 28, 2025, 9:54 pm • 0 0 • view
The problem in believing this is that it makes ww3 inevitable. This mindset would explain at least partially why military elites won't push back on trump's actions.
aug 28, 2025, 9:58 pm • 0 0 • view
Well China isn't stopping either, is it.
aug 28, 2025, 10:00 pm • 0 0 • view
It doesn't mean WWIII is inevitable. But to deter war one must prepare for war. To not prepare is to lose.
aug 28, 2025, 10:03 pm • 1 0 • view
That's prisoners dilemma for you.
aug 28, 2025, 10:05 pm • 1 0 • view
As long as there's no obvious weakness to exploit, cooperation is the rational play.
aug 28, 2025, 10:12 pm • 0 0 • view
Not a bit. You see, I believe in humans, not countries. So I'm not even sure if it is a war that is worth actually fighting. Trying to deter - absolutely. Fighting - I'm not so sure.
aug 28, 2025, 10:04 pm • 0 0 • view
Your weakness will be China's opportunity. Weakness is the problem. It provokes aggression.
aug 28, 2025, 10:06 pm • 0 0 • view
>Weakness is the problem That's only if we are stuck in this tribalist mentality. Humanity as a whole might not make it if instead of spending resources on survival we spend them on wars. But I understand that it takes 2 to tango, so unless everyone accepts this - no one will. Coordination problem.
aug 28, 2025, 10:11 pm • 0 0 • view