>This paranoid attitude leads to an arms race that will destroy liberty for everyone.
You are free to give up your arms first in a race for world peace. Lead by example. Now do you think US, China and Russia will then follow you or will they just say thank you while they take your lunch and let you starve?
>This fake fear is the veiled language of conquest.
The fear isn't fake because the conquest isn't fake either. The entire societies, borders and economies we live in today have been agreed upon through violent conquest and you need to be capable of violence to defend or change them. Humans are greedy, tribal creatures, and conquest has been at the core of human behavior since time immemorial, and it's not going away just because you want to be a hippy.
it would be a good argument if America didnt claim to be a moral beacon. Dont forget, nagasaki and hiroshima were bombs dropped on women and children. You might be able to convince me that women were part of the Japanese war effort, but theres no reason ill accept for nuking children. Why does no American ever feel shame about cooking a few hundred thousand civilians alive?
You are free to give up your arms first in a race for world peace. Lead by example. Now do you think US, China and Russia will then follow you or will they just say thank you while they take your lunch and let you starve?
>This fake fear is the veiled language of conquest.
The fear isn't fake because the conquest isn't fake either. The entire societies, borders and economies we live in today have been agreed upon through violent conquest and you need to be capable of violence to defend or change them. Humans are greedy, tribal creatures, and conquest has been at the core of human behavior since time immemorial, and it's not going away just because you want to be a hippy.