• StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.ca
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      I challenge this assumption. Nuclear alone could end humanity and megafauna for millions of years until something new evolves from extremophiles.

      Edit: ~ 12,000 nukes worldwide. Most by US and Russia with 5k each. I’m not up on my math since the cold war, but that still seems excessive for purpose. MAD is like “I will scorth the entire earth before I let you win.”

      China’s #3 count at 600 seems positively peaceful by comparison, though is still horrific overpower.

      Solving climate change with nuclear winter is not what I was hoping for.

      • entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org
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        I thought they meant it in a cheeky way, like in a “only the military is allowed to have bombs because they didn’t bring enough for the whole class” kinda sense.

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          Me too. My post is what we in the business call an anti-joke vibe killer. Bit of a truth based cynical pimp slap. Disrespectful, provocative, mostly true, hurts.

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      A few bucks per person would be better than spending it blowing up schools and killing children. If they just took the billion dollars and burnt it, it would be better for everyone overall, never mind spending it on public services or things that would directly help people.

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      $500, isn’t it? Or my math is wrong?

      How many people in the US make $500 a day? (~180k an year)

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      Every person. A few bucks. Each day. If you only gave to those who need, that would be more than a few.

      In fact, it might put back the money that has driven that exact percentage of people into poverty in the first place, like a missing puzzle piece.