• remon@ani.social
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    5 days ago

    That kind of policing only works on countries that don’t have nuclear weapons, which is exactly what provides the incentive to develop them … for example if the current “police force” can’t really be trusted.

    The point is, once a country has it’s own nuclear weapons, it’s basically “above the law”. That simply doesn’t work this way on a smaller scale. You privately own a main battle tank and still wouldn’t be above the law.

    • Quilotoa@lemmy.caOP
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      5 days ago

      Good point. I still believe many of the arguments still apply. I’m not in any way saying the countries that want them should get them. On the contrary, I’d feel a whole lot better if they were abolished worldwide.