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once-and-future-alaskan · 1 year ago

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The problem with wanting to introduce more independent/unaligned/minor states and powers to Følslava is I can only skirt the nuke issue so long.

For just about any industrialized nation, making a nuke isn't really that hard. All the science and information is out there, it's just acquiring the material that prevents universal global proliferation. Both because of its relative scarcity and extensive international law.

But in the case of entire worlds of independent states and countless more resource rich but unclaimed planets, the needed material is now abundantly common and free flowing.

I can't really just...not acknowledge that, ya know?

#i wanna avoid the thing of “everyone is throwing nukes around all the time cause future” but #i also need a good reason nuclear apocalypses or radioactive exclusion zones aren't a normal thing #best i got is all the Great Powers have way more than everyone else but just never use them unless you try to use yours on them.#the fuck around and find out principal #which is sound but cant explain everyone's hesitancy. most people dont try to war with a Great Power most of tge time.

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