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The Russian nuclear functionality debate has been used by pro-war activists to forward the idea that nuclear war is winnable. This Holy Horseshit debate needs to be brought to a swift end. New computer models suggest that a general nuclear war would mean the end of human existence. This is due to fallout distribution in the stratosphere and intern, the contamination of the soil and water.

Everyone loses. The conflict with Ukraine is overtly risking human existence.

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Aug 9, 2023Liked by Christopher Maffei

Will they function? Will they work?

"Not all, but most."

-- quote from an elderly antiques dealer at "The Red Barn" in Crosby, Texas, ca. 1985.

That's all anybody needs to know. Most will work.

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Aug 13, 2023Liked by Christopher Maffei

The nuclear models of the destruction go all the way back to the early stages of the cold war. Daniels Ellsberg (The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War ) was a nuclear planner long before he leaked the Pentagon papers as a military analyst working for the "evil" RAND corporation. Great article Christopher!

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