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0 pointspazimzadeh5y ago0 comments

The same way the Green Movement went for the Iranians. That doesn't mean that we should be toppling governments.

Note how the USSR dissolved without intervention.

Dropping bombs is like taking antibiotics, sometimes necessary but always creates resistance.

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> Dropping bombs is like taking antibiotics, sometimes necessary but always creates resistance.

Does taking antibiotics always result in antibiotic resistant bacteria?

I wasn't aware of that, and at first glance it seems implausible as otherwise all antibiotics would have been ineffective before we even discovered them?

pazimzadehOP5y ago

Ok, not always. Depends on whether any bacteria survived and whether the immune system was able to handle it.

TheSpiceIsLife5y ago

And whether any of the bacteria that survived developed resistance to the antibiotic used.

Your wider point still stands though, various parts of nature have been putting chemical warfare against each other for a very long time.

We'd best be careful we don't suddenly find ourselves on the wrong side of that battle.

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0 pointspazimzadeh5y ago0 comments

The same way the Green Movement went for the Iranians. That doesn't mean that we should be toppling governments.

Note how the USSR dissolved without intervention.

Dropping bombs is like taking antibiotics, sometimes necessary but always creates resistance.

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TheSpiceIsLife5y ago

> Dropping bombs is like taking antibiotics, sometimes necessary but always creates resistance.

Does taking antibiotics always result in antibiotic resistant bacteria?

I wasn't aware of that, and at first glance it seems implausible as otherwise all antibiotics would have been ineffective before we even discovered them?

pazimzadehOP5y ago

Ok, not always. Depends on whether any bacteria survived and whether the immune system was able to handle it.

TheSpiceIsLife5y ago

And whether any of the bacteria that survived developed resistance to the antibiotic used.

Your wider point still stands though, various parts of nature have been putting chemical warfare against each other for a very long time.

We'd best be careful we don't suddenly find ourselves on the wrong side of that battle.

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