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Satelite is just a missile that is successful at missing the earth.
It is a rather critical “just”.
Interestingly, less than anticipated. OS used for missiles runs on satellites as well.
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Re: “I just woke up one morning and it struck me that I was a murderer. so I quit.”
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Ok, I get what you’re saying now. So you’re saying that technology, by is ability to select the winners of conflict, shapes/influences the nature of society’s moral compass. That’s an interesting systematic perspective if you can get to the view that morals/ethics are subjective and a response to social standing. Almost sounds as a Nietzche-ian perspective
> So you’re saying that technology, by is ability to select the winners of conflict, shapes/influences the nature of society’s moral compass. Maybe more like we bend the compass to see what we want to see in it. I'm reminded of a line from the title assassin in 'Grosse Point Blank'... "When I left, I joined the army, and when I took the service exam my psych profile fit a certain... moral flexibility would be the onl…
I’m struggling to see your distinction. Are you implying the “winners” know what they are doing with technology is immoral but are willfully casting it as moral just because they are in a position to do so?
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Hitler started WW2 because he thought the other countries wouldn't fight or were incapable of fighting. His comment about invading the Soviet Union: "We have only to kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will come crashing down." The way to make peace is to make sure it is not worthwhile for someone else to attack you.
Hitler success among germans is due to the high burden WWI winners imposed on germany. Other countries may have relieved pressure on germany and maybe Hitler may have been stopped before he became something among germans. Don't give people a reason to litigate and they won't fight. Try to consider that countries where there is a common level of wealth and welfare, have lower rates of criminality (i.e. Norway). Have y…
i am not sure why this comment is downvoted.
Its a historical fact upon signing Treaty of Versailles a fuse for WW2 was lit.
WW2 was matter of when and not if (well war in Europe that would have colonies involved dragging them into war making it world war)
Re: “I just woke up one morning and it struck me that I was a murderer. so I quit.”
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> So you’re saying that technology, by is ability to select the winners of conflict, shapes/influences the nature of society’s moral compass. Maybe more like we bend the compass to see what we want to see in it. I'm reminded of a line from the title assassin in 'Grosse Point Blank'... "When I left, I joined the army, and when I took the service exam my psych profile fit a certain... moral flexibility would be the onl…
I’m struggling to see your distinction. Are you implying the “winners” know what they are doing with technology is immoral but are willfully casting it as moral just because they are in a position to do so?
> Are you implying the “winners” know what they are doing with technology is immoral but are willfully casting it as moral just because they are in a position to do so?
Probably more the latter ('casting it as moral because they are in a position to do so') than the former ('know what they are doing')... IMO, most people, most of the time, think they're doing the right thing, from their perspective. However I'd want to leave room for the idea that they may not be weighing, or even conscious of, systemic moral and ethical factors.
I think I am more, silently, responding to your second comment,
> That’s an interesting systematic perspective if you can get to the view that morals/ethics are subjective and a response to social standing.
I tend to view morals and ethics as part of an objective Platonic (technically, Judeo-Christian) ideal. So the 'subjective' description rubs me the wrong way, though it is an accurate description of the observed effects.
Re: “I just woke up one morning and it struck me that I was a murderer. so I quit.”
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Germany did bomb the crap out of London and other cities - the blitz in London, destroyed Coventry, and the “Baedeker blitz” Which had limited military justification
Sorry but these efforts are completely pale in comparison to what was done to the cities of the German industrial heartland in the last year of the war. I have seen pictures of Mainz (my grandparent's home) where there's not a single building left fully standing in the entire downtown core. That's not to say the Germans wouldn't have tried, if they could have. But they were tied up in the east doing very awful things…
Poland I think had even more civilian deaths per population than USSR. - 5 million from 35 million vs 7 million from 170 million.