@[email protected] to [email protected] • 3 months agoPeople often point to the terrible things in the world as evidence we're living in "the worst timeline". What examples are there of things that suggest our timeline is actually better than it seems?message-square166fedilinkarrow-up1300arrow-down110
arrow-up1290arrow-down1message-squarePeople often point to the terrible things in the world as evidence we're living in "the worst timeline". What examples are there of things that suggest our timeline is actually better than it seems?@[email protected] to [email protected] • 3 months agomessage-square166fedilink
minus-squarequeermunist she/herlinkfedilink13•3 months agoA nuclear war definitely implies use of nuclear weapons on both sides. That was nuclear conquest, or nuclear terrorism. Just slaughtering civilians in a country that was already willing to negotiate their surrender.
minus-squareKalkaline linkfedilink8•3 months agoJapan wasn’t exactly a bunch of saints when it came to slaughtering civilians.
minus-squarequeermunist she/herlinkfedilink0•3 months agoJapanese civilians weren’t exactly the ones doing the slaughtering. It’s not like the nukes targeted a military target.
minus-squareKalkaline linkfedilink1•3 months agoI was definitely talking about the nation of Japan and their military.
minus-squarequeermunist she/herlinkfedilink1•3 months agoSo? The nukes weren’t dropped on he military. They just slaughtered civilians.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•3 months agoWilling to negotiate a surrender favourable to them, sure.
minus-squarequeermunist she/herlinkfedilink1•3 months agoWilling to negotiate a surrender that wouldn’t force them to become a conquest of the US. They just wanted to keep their own government. The US refused, it wanted unconditional surrender and total control of Japan.
A nuclear war definitely implies use of nuclear weapons on both sides. That was nuclear conquest, or nuclear terrorism.
Just slaughtering civilians in a country that was already willing to negotiate their surrender.
Japan wasn’t exactly a bunch of saints when it came to slaughtering civilians.
Japanese civilians weren’t exactly the ones doing the slaughtering. It’s not like the nukes targeted a military target.
I was definitely talking about the nation of Japan and their military.
So? The nukes weren’t dropped on he military. They just slaughtered civilians.
Willing to negotiate a surrender favourable to them, sure.
Willing to negotiate a surrender that wouldn’t force them to become a conquest of the US. They just wanted to keep their own government. The US refused, it wanted unconditional surrender and total control of Japan.
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