4.7.26 - we might nuke iran
I just wanted to share that I think there’s a pretty substantial chance we see nuclear weapons used against Iran this evening. And I think that the fact that this is possible, that saying this isn’t crazy, and that Americans for the most part are just like, “meh,” illustrates that we are not––and for that matter no nation is––fit to be a hegemon.
The fact that our leadership might “destroy a civilization” this evening, that this probably doesn’t register for the average person, that even if we did destroy Iran most Americans would just wake up and go to work and maybe be upset about it, that we would likely face few consequences as far as our immediate security…it shows we have too much power. We shouldn’t be able to do this.
Trump’s presidency has laid bare what other nations should have already known. Living alongside a true superpower is horrifying. Even when there are benefits, like Pax Americana, more stability and less global conflict, being at the mercy of another people is just never a tenable position. Especially if that other people is a group as fickle and irresponsible and insulated from the consequences of their actions as Americans.
Even if Trump is a political aberration, it just takes one political aberration for your whole family and society to die, and for your history and culture to be swept away by a fireball.
More nations should have nuclear weapons, and they should build them quick. The world is not safe wherever America can act undeterred. Our people won’t constrain our government, we are too comfortable, too fat, too stupid. We’ve accepted a dangerous autocrat as our leader by a combination of collective resignation, accident, and acquiescence. We’ve done next to nothing to stop him from destroying our own society. We won’t stop him from annihilating yours.
Best,
knxnts