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danny_codes a day ago | parent | next [-]

Such a sad worldview. Unfortunately thinking like that is self-fulfilling. By building weapons you encourage everyone else to build weapons, and everyone is poorer in the end.

Some silly aspect of human nature I guess. I notice it's worse in men on average.

	▲	simianwords a day ago \| parent [-]
		What's your suggested alternative? This is exactly kind of shallow virtue signalling I was pointing at. While you make dismissive remarks like this, your government or USA does the dirty work required to keep stability.

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text0404 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That's a false choice. By investing in weapons instead of diplomacy, we've created this world of tit-for-tat violence. We can dismantle it too, it's not necessary to continue escalating until we exterminate our species.

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simianwords 2 days ago | parent [-]

"We've" wdym? You don't get to decide the rules. Your adversary is not signing a legally binding contract.

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text0404 2 days ago | parent [-]

"We" as a species with common interests like "not eradicating ourselves through violence."

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simianwords 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

I agree with you, but your adversary may not think in a sufficiently developed way.

Which is why we had such destructive wars in the past..

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text0404 2 days ago | parent [-]

Maybe we should leverage all of this supposedly world-changing AI to move on from primitive wars instead of using it to build more weapons. At a certain point, our species will be faced with a choice between maintaining the status quo (climate destruction, mass casualties through violent conflicts, food/water shortages, extinction-level events, etc) or working together to forge a sustainable path forward for the benefit of the species. An argument that this current world order is just how things are and there's nothing to be done but escalate is just a vote for the former.

	▲	simianwords 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I definitely don't think that the current world order is just how things are. That does not mean you should act now in terms of how the world order _would be in the future_.

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XajniN 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

You are not aware of the interests of your enemies.

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text0404 a day ago | parent [-]

I don't have enemies.

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XajniN a day ago | parent [-]

You do, even if you are not an enemy to them.

	▲	text0404 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I don't, unless you mean people who try to convince me that someone else is my enemy.

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cindyllm 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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