• Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    1 year ago

    During the cold war they had defined how many tens of millions of dead were considered acceptable loses. I've also heard that there was a broad agreement that the cities were teeming hives of undesirables so really it was okay if city centers got nuked. It's amazing that Strategic Air Command didn't destroy the world. "Psychos" isn't a strong enough pejorative for those rabid animals.

    • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      at one point the Americans loaded a plane with nuclear weapons and sent it to blow up Moscow because the base they were on in Alaska didn't have phone connection for half an hour. The pilot only turned around because he saw lights over Berlin. To be clear we were a powercut away from nuclear armageddon because some dipshit decided to look tough by having a light nuclear trigger policy

    • 7bicycles [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      I've also heard that there was a broad agreement that the cities were teeming hives of undesirables so really it was okay if city centers got nuked.

      I'm sorry, I cannot imagine this. Sure, cities are a wretched hiveminds of hippies or whatever but at some point somebody had to have pointed out that there is a reason cities exists globally and it ain't just so people can be gay