I'm okay with Iran having nuclear weapons because many other terrible countries have them already and seem to have zero interest in disarming. They have the right to pursue defense via deterrence.
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I think the capitalization is less baffling if you've ever received an email from Trump inviting you for an exclusive trip to Mar-a-Lago, or offering you one of his exclusive gold watches. I have no idea how they got my email, but they were sending them so frequently I actually blocked them.
Emphasis on the USD?
Why not? Surely they understand that nuking someone would lead to themselves being nuked in retaliation.
France being famous for having disposed of all 290 of its own nuclear weapons, of course.
In 2023, Germany said: “Confronted with an openly aggressive Russia, the importance of nuclear deterrence has increased for many states, including for [Germany].
Germany is one of five NATO members to host US nuclear weapons on its territory as part of a nuclear-sharing agreement. The German air force is assigned approximately 15 B61 nuclear bombs, which are deployed at the Büchel air base.
In 2016, Germany voted against the UN General Assembly resolution that established the formal mandate for states to commence negotiations on “a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination”.
Is it meaningful to attend in Europe? If so how does it work?
Maybe people who chose to not vote are a bigger problem than I realize, but I think the real issue is the masses who are prevented from voting in the first place, and the gerrymandering and electoral college designed to suppress the votes that do get cast.
I don't love the disregard for plant life just because they lack the central nervous system of animals, but this isn't an argument in favor of eating animals. If you want to argue it's better for us to die than to live via harm, that's one thing, but if you accept we have the right to live at the expense of other life forms then the goal of many becomes to minimize suffering.
While plants do have sensory experiences which elicit behaviors, they don't experience the world in a personal way; they're like a robot or generative AI. When a dog suffers, it has a concept of self and an understanding of what is happening to it, and it will carry memories of the experience which negatively influence its quality of life.
Oh yeah, there's plenty. The stops are very frequent to accommodate the elderly and disabled.
Maybe my perception of time is exaggerated, but I think a bus stop near me has been shut down for weeks for no apparent reason. As of a few days ago there's a fence around it and a large vehicle, but there's still no work being done??
Maybe a nice, platonic interaction counts as a fetish if you're ace.