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I wonder how many initiatives were created solely on the basis that "the enemy are doing it or already have it". I can't help but think the soviets spent a lot of time trolling the US into creating exactly what they wanted. Even if it was just to waste time. This is proably still ongoing.


It’s terrifying to think how much doomsday technology we’re amassing out of the fear the enemy might have it. Add that in to scared people and a system capable of giving people LSD without their knowledge. It turns out that giving primates weapons of mass destruction was an unbelievable mistake.


> This is proably still ongoing.

Of course it is, he/she/it/they said.




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