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Originally Posted by nik-
The world does suck ass right now, but I'll take this crap over the threat of total annihilation constantly hanging over your head pretty much every day. We could be heading back to it though, depending on how much Putin's gonna Putin.
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At least in those days, the cold war days, you knew you were dealing with rational people on the other side of the phone. Both sides had too much to lose if things threatened to go over the top and you had a diplomatic element to control it. Even at its worst which was the Cuban Missile crisis when the nuclear doomsday clock was set to 5 seconds to midnight you had diplomacy happening in the background.
Now days, we're dealing with extreme death cults, there is no diplomacy, the mark of success is unrepentant slaughter and extremism.
the world is far more unpredictable today.
I'd rather have the unpredictable civility of nationstate diplomacy thanks.