Ask HN: Will Russia start nuclear war? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Will Russia start nuclear war?

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Post by vbezhenar » Sun, Sep 11, 2022, 5:51 PM UTC

type0 wrote: post #9

vbezhenar wrote: post #6

If things will proceed as they are, they'll wipe civilization. Russia can't afford to lose, it'll cease to exist. And if the alternative is to cease to exist, they'll kill everything in the Earth as well. Putin said recently: "Why do we need a world, if there's no Russia in this world". I really hope that Russia will capture Ukraine. I don't support this war, but that would be the best outcome in current circumstance…

> I really hope that Russia will capture Ukraine. I don't support this war, but... I really hope you will move to Russia then, if you already don't live there

So do I.

Re: Ask HN: Will Russia start nuclear war?

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Post by dandanua » Sun, Sep 11, 2022, 6:31 PM UTC

No, they can afford to lose a lot of things. Check my analysis https://dandanua.github.io/posts/nuclear-terror-and-game-the...

Re: Ask HN: Will Russia start nuclear war?

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Post by dandanua » Sun, Sep 11, 2022, 6:36 PM UTC

vbezhenar wrote: post #6

If things will proceed as they are, they'll wipe civilization. Russia can't afford to lose, it'll cease to exist. And if the alternative is to cease to exist, they'll kill everything in the Earth as well. Putin said recently: "Why do we need a world, if there's no Russia in this world". I really hope that Russia will capture Ukraine. I don't support this war, but that would be the best outcome in current circumstance…

> Russia can't afford to lose, it'll cease to exist

Brain dead. Though it's normal for a rusсist.

Re: Ask HN: Will Russia start nuclear war?

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Post by genman » Mon, Sep 12, 2022, 11:58 AM UTC

sidibe wrote: post #8

vbezhenar wrote: post #6

If things will proceed as they are, they'll wipe civilization. Russia can't afford to lose, it'll cease to exist. And if the alternative is to cease to exist, they'll kill everything in the Earth as well. Putin said recently: "Why do we need a world, if there's no Russia in this world". I really hope that Russia will capture Ukraine. I don't support this war, but that would be the best outcome in current circumstance…

Russia can afford to lose. Putin can't afford to lose, but that's fine because as Ukraine momentum continues he will be removed or forced to resign and whoever follows can end the conflict and blame everything on him.

Precisely.