Catherynne M. ValenteJust in case nuclear war starts tonight I wanted to say, despite all the complaining, it’s been a jewel of a life with all of you, hanging on a golden chain of moments of togetherness and connection and care.
Smoke em if you got em I guess.
Bill, organizer of stuff@Catvalente It's like living in the 80s except without the ignorant bliss we had back then.
Szymon Sokół 🇵🇱🇪🇺🇺🇦@wcbdata @Catvalente in the 80s I believed the leaders of nuclear powers to be mostly sane.
Eggs now in different baskets.@blotosmetek @wcbdata @Catvalente Or have enough enemies within their circle of power who would stop them pressing the "Big Red Button".
Simply because the enemies knew that if the world were to be destroyed by nuclear war then they themselves would never have a chance of grabbing power from their current leader.
But maybe the current generation of those in circles of absolute power do not care about the concept of "enlightened self interest".
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Darwin Woodka@blotosmetek @wcbdata @Catvalente
I worked in defense and had to do projects at SAC and all I could think was, "my god, these people are in charge of our nuclear weapons?"