That’s not an argument against nukes, but against all war and indeed all large scale hostile actions. The argument itself aside, I observe that in actual practice this does not deter nations from waging ruinous war. Hell, it doesn’t even stop them from waging ruinous civil war, ethnic cleansing, etc. which damage their own economy. People may not be rational economic agents, but more importantly, they aren’t agents who care about the economy over other things.
Yeah. I guess I was thinking more along the lines of nuclear annihilation, but you can’t really do that without being overt. The best you could do is a few suitcase nukes.
There’s a world economy. If you damage a country that much, they won’t be able to trade with you.
That’s not an argument against nukes, but against all war and indeed all large scale hostile actions. The argument itself aside, I observe that in actual practice this does not deter nations from waging ruinous war. Hell, it doesn’t even stop them from waging ruinous civil war, ethnic cleansing, etc. which damage their own economy. People may not be rational economic agents, but more importantly, they aren’t agents who care about the economy over other things.
Yeah. I guess I was thinking more along the lines of nuclear annihilation, but you can’t really do that without being overt. The best you could do is a few suitcase nukes.