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by hawkice 4139 days ago
I feel like you wanted to reductio ad absurdum with a conclusion I feel is not absurd... um. It is staggeringly dangerous for anyone to have the tools to end civilization, because sometimes we lose track of things, and unless you're a comic book villain, destroying all human life within a multi-mile radius is not a super useful tool in wartime or peacetime.
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Sure, but then why not target countries like Pakistan or Israel, and then eventually remove the use of nukes by all countries across the globe?