Nukes and Stability
We Are Not Saved
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Why We Shouldn't Do It Again
In 19 forty one, the allies won because germany could never keep up with the industrial might of the united states. Scott alexander also mentions it in his post on ukraine. No sane person thinks it's worth risking nuclear war just to protect something as minor as the ilutian islands. But then the us Gives russia the illusions, and next year they ask for all of alaska. And even alaska isn't really worth riskingnuclear war over so you give it to them. Those arbitrary lines areh save us from global annihilation.
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