Except, as the Internet example proves, we can have the wartime scientific research boom without the actual “war” part, so that’s what we ought to do going forward.
The Cold War was 100% a war. Just ask any of the 3rd world countries that served as proxies and lost millions of people to a war that was definitely hot for them. And when I helped my old man build a nuclear shelter in the backyard when I was a kid, it sure felt real to me too.
Hell, today’s North Korea and Cuba are direct results of the fucking Cold War.
Except, as the Internet example proves, we can have the wartime scientific research boom without the actual “war” part, so that’s what we ought to do going forward.
The Cold War was 100% a war. Just ask any of the 3rd world countries that served as proxies and lost millions of people to a war that was definitely hot for them. And when I helped my old man build a nuclear shelter in the backyard when I was a kid, it sure felt real to me too.
Hell, today’s North Korea and Cuba are direct results of the fucking Cold War.
Most Americans can’t comprehend that level of destruction because they’re always safe. Ironic I should be telling you this as well.
I’m not ignoring Vietnam etc.; I’m just enumerating them separately.