theshatterstone54@feddit.uk to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 months 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-square157fedilinkarrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square157fedilink
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months 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-squareKalkaline @leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoJapan wasn’t exactly a bunch of saints when it came to slaughtering civilians.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoJapanese civilians weren’t exactly the ones doing the slaughtering. It’s not like the nukes targeted a military target.
minus-squareKalkaline @leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI was definitely talking about the nation of Japan and their military.
minus-squareAceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoWilling to negotiate a surrender favourable to them, sure.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months 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.
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.
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.
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.