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[–] Jumper775@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While it is shooting back, it’s also the end of the world. It’s very possible the people would not fire back and instead just let America die for the sake of the world. The propaganda makes them feel like they are “just shooting back” and they will.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Its the end of the world once 3 of these weapons (if cold war literature is to be believed) go off as it will plunge the world into an ash winter. And as far as I am aware no nation fires less then 6 at a time. It would be the end of the world and no amount of propaganda changes that. No one in their right mind would hold off pulling that trigger against an entity they know just killed everyone they knew.

Oh and the UK would be the one most likely targeted by russia not the US. They have been threatening to for over a year: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelpeck/2022/05/03/russia-just-threatened-to-destroy-ireland-and-britain-with-a-nuclear-tsunami/?sh=6eade8dc32b6

https://carnegieendowment.org/2023/05/04/rattling-nuclear-saber-what-russia-s-nuclear-threats-really-mean-pub-89689

[–] Jumper775@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would you believe Cold War literature? Propaganda influenced everything. And also the UK would not be the main target if it is America pretty much directly engaging Russia as this suggests. They need those defense dollars to quit coming towards them. And america is its own continent, if Russia was to launch all they could at America and America just sat there and took it it might end life on North America and permanently ruin South America due to fallout, but the rest of the world would survive although it would never be the same.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well it was not American literature...... What is with everyone and the US?

[–] Jumper775@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because the US is historically the most powerful long-lasting nation. The ussr was competitive but they fell, and china is a very very new power. It also doesn’t matter if it was American literature because the Cold War and its associated propaganda was of interest to most countries as their fate was tied to neither doing anything as well.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I take it you are American then?

Because a few empires would have some issue with that first statement "historically".

[–] Jumper775@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I meant to say that still exists. My bad that I left that out.