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Now I had no doubt the US nuclear war policy is psychopatic and utterly deranged, but my god, I did not expect #3 to be this systematic and spiteful. What the hell are they even hoping to achieve after such a war? And with what people/resources? On what habitable part of the planet??
I swear, this plan sounds like the brainfart of some game theorist locked in an ivory tower for decades. Abstracted so much away from this scenario with the main focus being to ensure everyone else 100% ends up worse than the US, rather than pausing to ask what position will the US be in.
I guess it’s going to be those psychopatic oligarch ghouls hiding in their doomsday bunkers who will rebuild civilization… in which case, they can keep it and choke on the ashes.
Thanks for the book recommendation, will check it out!
I was wondering about that as well. My impression is the US knows they’ll lose a conventional war in the South China Sea and are willing to do a nuclear first strike