theshatterstone54@feddit.uk to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 days agoPeople often point to the terrible things in the world as evidence we're living in "the worst timeline". What examples are there of things that suggest our timeline is actually better than it seems?message-squaremessage-square156fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squarePeople often point to the terrible things in the world as evidence we're living in "the worst timeline". What examples are there of things that suggest our timeline is actually better than it seems?theshatterstone54@feddit.uk to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 days agomessage-square156fedilink
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoA nuclear war definitely implies use of nuclear weapons on both sides. That was nuclear conquest, or nuclear terrorism. Just slaughtering civilians in a country that was already willing to negotiate their surrender.
minus-squareAceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoWilling to negotiate a surrender favourable to them, sure.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoWilling to negotiate a surrender that wouldn’t force them to become a conquest of the US. They just wanted to keep their own government. The US refused, it wanted unconditional surrender and total control of Japan.
minus-squareKalkaline @leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoJapan wasn’t exactly a bunch of saints when it came to slaughtering civilians.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoJapanese civilians weren’t exactly the ones doing the slaughtering. It’s not like the nukes targeted a military target.
minus-squareKalkaline @leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoI was definitely talking about the nation of Japan and their military.
A nuclear war definitely implies use of nuclear weapons on both sides. That was nuclear conquest, or nuclear terrorism.
Just slaughtering civilians in a country that was already willing to negotiate their surrender.
Willing to negotiate a surrender favourable to them, sure.
Willing to negotiate a surrender that wouldn’t force them to become a conquest of the US. They just wanted to keep their own government. The US refused, it wanted unconditional surrender and total control of Japan.
Japan wasn’t exactly a bunch of saints when it came to slaughtering civilians.
Japanese civilians weren’t exactly the ones doing the slaughtering. It’s not like the nukes targeted a military target.
I was definitely talking about the nation of Japan and their military.