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SpaceX is reportedly building a $1.8 billion network of spy satellites for US intelligence (www.theverge.com)

submitted 7 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Pat12@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Would you rather he, as a non-government affiliated citizen, pick a side? War is stupid. Communication is great. Maybe this is naive of me, but I think the world would be better, and maybe require less war, if everyone had equal access to communication.

I recently read about Ted Hall who shared nuclear secrets with the Soviet Union because he thought everyone should have equal access to nuclear weapons and this would prevent another world war.

Your logic is similar and it's not a good thing.

[–] vvv@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago

Putting aside the fact that this is a bit of a straw man, multiple countries having nuclear capability is the only thing preventing nuclear war. Russia does not nuke the US (or allies) because they know the US will respond with a nuclear launch of its own. same for the other way around. Awareness and access to similar capabilities makes everyone think twice about becoming the aggressor. if I had to pick, a cold war is preferable to a hot one.