[ExI] commies vs marxists was: RE: chinese fires, was:RE: book review

[Dylan Distasio]

As terrible as that scenario is for the world, I also worry about a
miscalculation that results in nuclear launches that at best wipe out a few
major cities on each side before it is over, or at worst a global nuclear
holocaust.

I'm a bit baffled as to why there seem to be a large number of people these
days (including in the press and the government) who aren't worried about a
nuclear conflagration between the US and Russia (again, involving a
miscalculation over Ukraine) or the US and China over Taiwan.   They act
like ICBM nuke launches from a desperate actor or due to miscalculation in
strategy are no longer a real possibility, which scares me.

I grew up in the 80s when everyone expected the end of the world as a
distinct possibility at any moment.   I'm sure my betters on the list also
remember the Cuban missile crisis as well.

On Tue, Dec 6, 2022 at 6:34 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] commies vs marxists was: RE: chinese fires, was:RE:
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> >…The Pentagon, unfortunately, does not share your optimism.   Best case
> scenario is likely that we destroy all of the chip plants:
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> Pentagon, Chinese analysts agree US can’t win in Taiwan Strait
> US mulls ‘scorched earth’ strategy for Taiwan instead of defense
> By DAVID P. GOLDMAN
> DECEMBER 6, 2022
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> Dylan do ponder the following scenario: the US military, having been
> running wargames and simulations, are well aware of the odds.  With a
> stubborn aversion to losing irreplaceable carriers and…like… getting
> killed, and knowing that the US government has way bigger problems on its
> collective mind than a mere planet-threatening war on the far side of the
> Pacific, find a way to keep the carriers out of harm’s way.
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> The Taiwan military, well aware of these war games and sims, recognize
> they must scuttle those chip fabs.  A grenade is tossed into each
> manufacturing machine.  The buildings remain standing but no computer chips
> will go out any time soon.
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