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[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 14 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

No country should have nukes, and more countries acquiring them makes that goal even harder to achieve.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Yeah but who’s gonna stop them? I know that’s the right answer for a pageant contestant, but be realistic.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 7 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

If some countries have nukes, probability of nuclear attack is high

As more countries have nukes, probability of nuclear attack drops significantly

It's impossible to have zero countries with nukes anymore, someone will always have secret nukes, which leads to high risk

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

As more countries have nukes, the chance goes up. More leaders have the opportunity to pull the trigger. It only takes one crazy guy taking power. Or one nuke left improperly secured, especially in an unstable country, and then it gets stolen and used, even as a dirty bomb.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone -1 points 7 hours ago

This is not true, it's called the stability instability paradox

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stability%E2%80%93instability_paradox

[–] pilferjinx@piefed.social 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

And it's open season for those with nukes to invade others without.

[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

This exactly. The most significant result of hoisting up nonproliferation as a virtue has been to sustain and grow US hegemony. That is a bad deal for everyone, including Americans.