[brookst]

Agreed, that was a really fallacious point. It’s like saying buying car insurance didn’t pay off because you didn’t get in a wreck.

Not that I entirely buy missiles == insurance, just that the unused == wasted framing is too simplistic.

[asdff]

At least with a wreck there is a real risk factor you might experience yourself. What is the risk factor for ICBM based MAD? Zero. It has never happened before, to anyone. Might as well buy an insurance for alien invasion based damages to your home.

[brookst]

True, the metaphor breaks down because the act of buying insurance doesn’t change the likelihood of being in a wreck.