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To an extent, I can sympathize with both sides of the nuclear debate. Maybe this belongs in another thread, but I get why smaller and less overtly mighty nations (such as Poland) might want their own nukes as a deterrent against imperialistic greater powers (such as Russia) who haven't recanted...

Pretty sure a relatively stable country like Poland having nukes is different than fucking North Korea having them. And really, I’m curious as to what kinds of consequences you believe should be imposed on other countries that develop nukes? I know they’ve gradually been phasing them out, as...

Frankly, that's how most Polish members here act in my experience. At least with the US, acting like it's the center of the universe is more "justifiable", given that it's the current global hegemon and remains miles ahead of the next-strongest players (such as Russia, China, and India) in...

https://interestingengineering.com/culture/ukraine-downs-russian-hypersonic-missile Link archived here, for purposes of preservation.

Worrying update from Styx:

Unless the cripple has terminal cancer, which is what I fear China is becoming. :( But anyway, sorry to derail. Would’ve brought this up in the ChiCom News Thread, but saw a bit of a side-discussion here that was too fascinating to ignore, hence my replying the way I did.

Yeah, but how much longer will China survive for? The CCP is cracking down and reversing decades of liberalization as we speak, so Xi strangling whatever progress China has made and ensuring that Communism wins in the end isn't out of the question. At the very least, I think whatever regime...

Agree the CCP has done irreparable damage and will be met with unkind eyes by future historians. However, unlike you guys, I'm not so sure whatever replaces it will be any better, despite recent hype about the Mandate of Heaven returning with a vengeance. Writing up a future scenario that...

To be honest, that seems to be a running theme with @Bassoe more generally. Shoehorning his cynicism into every discussion he can, as well as framing the issues he does talk about as coming down to some variation of either “Corporations will enslave us all!”, “Technology will kill us all!”, or...

Yeah, that's really too bad. If I could, odds are I'd just plain refuse to fight alongside dumbasses who bring their cell phones and other easily trackable "distractions" with them into battle. Sadly, I doubt I'd have much of a choice if I were in these poor guys' shoes, which makes me thankful...

Another reason why not to volunteer to fight alongside non-professionals, or worse, have no choice but to flee with strangers likely to make dumb mistakes. If bombs and bullets don't get you, your idiotic comrade's social-media addiction probably will, alerting the enemy to your location and...