Nuclear weapons are a tricky issue. On the one hand I completely agree, they are arguably the worst thing humans have ever created and should have never existed in the first place. On the other hand they have, ironically and very thinly, prevented a major conflict between superpowers since WWII. Without Soviet nukes or Chinese nukes we would have gone to war with them or be at war with them now. As for weaker countries, they are THE ace in the hole for self defense. I agree, they’re an abomination and shouldn’t exist, but disarmament is likely nigh to impossible because even if the nuclear powers disarm, you know that they’ll all keep a very secret cache of the damned things. A couple American silos hidden in plain sight, a few Russian subs prowling the northern seas just waiting for the order, Chinese bombers at a moments notice, all for the tit-for-tat if one does The Thing to the other. Even smaller nuclear powers might keep a few handy “just in case” and make it a closely guarded state secret. I would love to have a nuclear free world, but the genie is out of the bottle and we won’t put it back until there is a world government. And even then I could see the technological know how being kept around just in case. That’s the beauty of being on the left, we are very idealistic, but also very rooted in harsh reality and truly use nuance to approach issues. So, all that being said and I said a lot and I’m sorry, continue to focus on the ideal while being able to see the harsh reality. Cheers comrade.
Nuclear weapons are a tricky issue. On the one hand I completely agree, they are arguably the worst thing humans have ever created and should have never existed in the first place. On the other hand they have, ironically and very thinly, prevented a major conflict between superpowers since WWII. Without Soviet nukes or Chinese nukes we would have gone to war with them or be at war with them now. As for weaker countries, they are THE ace in the hole for self defense. I agree, they’re an abomination and shouldn’t exist, but disarmament is likely nigh to impossible because even if the nuclear powers disarm, you know that they’ll all keep a very secret cache of the damned things. A couple American silos hidden in plain sight, a few Russian subs prowling the northern seas just waiting for the order, Chinese bombers at a moments notice, all for the tit-for-tat if one does The Thing to the other. Even smaller nuclear powers might keep a few handy “just in case” and make it a closely guarded state secret. I would love to have a nuclear free world, but the genie is out of the bottle and we won’t put it back until there is a world government. And even then I could see the technological know how being kept around just in case. That’s the beauty of being on the left, we are very idealistic, but also very rooted in harsh reality and truly use nuance to approach issues. So, all that being said and I said a lot and I’m sorry, continue to focus on the ideal while being able to see the harsh reality. Cheers comrade.