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How much Earth will be left after a full-on nuclear war?
“According to a peer-reviewed study published in the journal Nature Food in August 2022,[20] a full-scale nuclear war between the United States and Russia, which together hold more than 90% of the world’s nuclear weapons, would kill 360 million people directly and more than 5 billion indirectly by starvation during a nuclear winter.”
“According to a peer-reviewed study published in the journal Nature Food in August 2022,[20] a full-scale nuclear war between the United States and Russia, which together hold more than 90% of the world’s nuclear weapons, would kill 360 million people directly and more than 5 billion indirectly by starvation during a nuclear winter.”
Doesn’t really sound like a “win” to me.
I guess the US has enough soy beans now, and corn anyway, to survive during the first years.
You said that China could win by nuking Europe first.
Which other way, btw? There are several possible combinations.
China using the EU to beat the US.
Because according to you, our only perspective is to be used by other nations.
Because according to you, our only perspective is to be used by other nations.
We could also try to negotiate an actual multi-polar world. But that won’t happen if we decouple from China. I can’t remember that I have said that we have to be used by China.
why would you think we are strong enough to enforce our will onto, i.a., China and the US?
Why do we have to enforce our will?
Do you have the same problem with the EU helping China win against the US as you have with the EU helping the US win against China?
Yes. If one wins, they will rule the world according to their values.
With China, there is the slight hope that they actualky mean to implement a multipolar world. With the US, I have less hope that they do all this for fair global free trade without monopolies.
We will see. Surprisingly they stayed ahead in all key technologies.
There will be some room left, but much smaller than today.
That the nukes are not as bad as they are imagined and that nuclear war is about coming out as the strongest afterwards to dominate earth.
I can imagine that people act with that attitude.
Do we discuss what can and will happen or what we want to happen?
Icecream? It doesn’t matter what I want. It matters what is possible.
There are no resources for Europe to master all technologies. This gives the US the leverage to use the EU to beat China.
I want something like a humanistic post-scarcity world, but that won’t happen with free people, which I also want.
How much Earth will be left after a full-on nuclear war?
Which is what you don’t want? What about the other way round?
“According to a peer-reviewed study published in the journal Nature Food in August 2022,[20] a full-scale nuclear war between the United States and Russia, which together hold more than 90% of the world’s nuclear weapons, would kill 360 million people directly and more than 5 billion indirectly by starvation during a nuclear winter.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_winter
I guess the US has enough soy beans now, and corn anyway, to survive during the first years.
Which leverage does the EU have?
Which other way, btw? There are several possible combinations.
Doesn’t really sound like a “win” to me.
You said that China could win by nuking Europe first.
China using the EU to beat the US.
Because according to you, our only perspective is to be used by other nations.
We could also try to negotiate an actual multi-polar world. But that won’t happen if we decouple from China. I can’t remember that I have said that we have to be used by China.
If you think we are too weak to be independent, why would you think we are strong enough to enforce our will onto, i.a., China and the US?
But again:
Do you have the same problem with the EU helping China win against the US as you have with the EU helping the US win against China?
Why do we have to enforce our will?
Yes. If one wins, they will rule the world according to their values.
With China, there is the slight hope that they actualky mean to implement a multipolar world. With the US, I have less hope that they do all this for fair global free trade without monopolies.
Because the others are only interested in dominating trade by power.
What do you base that assumption on?
That’s why we need both, and the goodwill of the rest of the world, to keep them balanced.
There is always a chance, and unlike the US, they haven’t spent a decade or more wasting their power.