Indeed, nuclear war is a permanent feature affecting the entire planet: it's called testing (when it's the military; visualised here, commencing somewhat calmly, but then picks up pace): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLCF7vPanrY ) and chemo therapy (when it's pharma).
On 14/08/17 11:19, Keith Sanborn wrote: > Rupture or rapture: limited nuclear war is an oxymoron, no matter who > believes it to be meaningful. > >> On Aug 14, 2017, at 7:29 AM, Morlock Elloi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Urban populations ... no one will waste nukes on peasants. Peasants and the >> ruling class will survive. and >> >> Do a search on "luxury shelters" or "doomsday bunkers" - from $1MM to $40MM >> a pop. It doesn't matter if they will work or not - what matters is that the >> buyers believe they will, and these buyers are the ones making the nuking >> decisions. >> >> Between the Silicon Valley psychopaths working on personal immortality, 5 >> megacorps amassing trillions in cash and not spending it, and the top 0.001% >> becoming preppers, it's obvious that there is a general belief among the >> ruling class that these tumultuous times will end in some kind of rupture, >> and they are getting ready. No one likes the times we live in. I don't have >> any doubts that those of them loosely identifying as "Americans" will opt >> for the nuclear gamble if faced with losing the imperial status. They are >> certainly ready to play the nuclear gamble for far less - like losing the >> elections. >> >>> On 8/13/17, 19:44, Thomas Keenan wrote: >>> "A limited nuclear war" ... limited to whom? >> >> # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission >> # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, >> # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets >> # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l >> # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected] >> # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject: > > # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission > # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, > # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets > # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l > # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected] > # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject: > # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected] # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject:
