Post #1626210
2026-03-22 17:21 UTC
@graydon @cstross Well, I can certainly believe that various people who are stupid (if not AS stupid as Trump) wishfully believing in that sort of genocidal theory.
I just don't think it would actually work.
I mean, of course the sort of people who would fall for this sort of theory tend to not be the most stable minds to begin with...
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@graydon@canada.masto.host 2026-03-22 17:30
@isaackuo @cstross Which is kinda the problem; someone sensible won't do this even if they're certain it will work because it affects everyone's planning for centuries thereafter, and the cost of that is greater than any present gain can possibly be. That's different from saying that it won't be tried, and there is certainly both a profit motive and a structural desire for revenge involved. (Oil has an extraction price; this gets the commodity price much higher than the extraction price.)