
Episode 48: Ukraine and the End of the (Unipolar) World w/Lawrence Wilkerson and Peter Kuznick
American Exception
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The Nuclear War Is on the Horizon
The nuclear risk is growing. And we're close to the nuclear war now than we've been at any time since 19 62. There are nine nuclear powers modernizing their arsenals, making them more efficient and lethal. The countries say that they will only use it asan existential threat. But how do you define existential threat if you're russia? If russia actually would get defeated in ukraine, which is not about to happen. Nobody really believes they can win it, except in the short run. We seem to have a struggle between our life instinct and our death instinct. That's why war is no longer a valuable option in the nuclear range - especially with Iran and its
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