Doesn’t a “preemptive strike” philosophy, when followed by all parties to its logical conclusion, dictate that we must all attack each other immediately?
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Only if the other parties are an immediate threat. If not, nobody attacks.
Pyerezvon
I guess it depends on how one defines “immediate threat”. That phrase gets thrown around far too easily today, I think. But in a reasonable world, you’re totally right.
I always find myself wondering what life would be like if people behaved like nations. I hear my neighbor is going to buy a gun to defend himself in case of an attack, so I go over and shoot him first? Weird.