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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前Okay, but that’s not what you said before. You claimed, and as I pasted: “Dictators now need nuclear weapons to assure survival.” Please explain how the vast majority of dictatorships are surviving without them. Or do all 57 have nuclear weapons?
minus-square52fighterslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前Many of them will lack the lasting power of North Korea.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前Please provide evidence for this claim. An age of dictatorships chart will do. You aren’t just making that up, right? You do have the data, don’t you?
minus-square52fighterslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 个月前The key word in my comment is “will.” That’s a prediction. You can ping me in 25 years to see if this works out. In the mean time, people are taking this prediction seriously (it isn’t only my prediction) when discussing global politics.
Okay, but that’s not what you said before. You claimed, and as I pasted: “Dictators now need nuclear weapons to assure survival.”
Please explain how the vast majority of dictatorships are surviving without them. Or do all 57 have nuclear weapons?
Many of them will lack the lasting power of North Korea.
Please provide evidence for this claim. An age of dictatorships chart will do.
You aren’t just making that up, right? You do have the data, don’t you?
The key word in my comment is “will.” That’s a prediction. You can ping me in 25 years to see if this works out. In the mean time, people are taking this prediction seriously (it isn’t only my prediction) when discussing global politics.