alt Hacker NewsAbsolutely - but another war quickly replaced it (actually several did)
WRT to this instance - I would likely argue that 50 years should have been more than enough time keeping the embargo
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kergonath • today at 1:37 PM
Yes, perpetual wars can be used as a tool of domestic control. The benign use is the rally around the flag effect. More harmful is using them as justifications to do anything without oversight. It’s one of the patterns shown by the vast majority of dictatorships and totalitarian governments. One of the aspects of fascism in Umberto Eco’s definition.
emayljames • today at 6:41 AM
The planes in question would have been obsolete by that point, also those planes from WW2 would have already been widely distributed among allied (including Soviet) countries
Wars quickly replace one another, how unfortunate!
Or we have just independently rediscovered why most regimes seek the justification of some external threats to strengthen their power over their population, 1984 style.