Comments by "Doncarlo" (@doujinflip) on "Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell" channel.

  1. This is basically the "Great Filter", where the coming decades will determine if humanity will proceed into the stars in a democratized destiny, or stumble into darkness from corporate and autocratic greed.
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  2. Meanwhile conservative traditionalists try to further limit access to contraceptives, abortions, and sex education because of a "personal responsibility" ideology agenda, instead of reversing the hostile family environment that their own pro-corporate policies created.
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  3. While horrific, the nukes mainly provided the Japanese with a convenient excuse to surrender to the Americans before the Soviets arrived. The fear of Communism was well founded, as seen in the destruction of traditional cultures in China and North Korea.
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  4. 1:56 (Pathogens invade.) You: "Let's play a game... 'The Blood is Lava'"
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  5. Nukes are knowledge that's not going to be forgotten, and there's no real mechanism to ensure that all the warheads have been destroyed. Limiting who has them remains the best option, since the more actors who have just one, the greater the chance of one going rogue.
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