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actively supported a preventive nuclear strike against Russia.

Well, even Bertrand Russell, who protested against war from WWI to the Vietnam War, advocated a preemptive nuclear strike against the USSR in 1954. The risk of nuclear war killing everyone, once the USSR had nukes, just seemed too great, I guess.

So Bertrand Russell wasn't always right, either. Fortunately, the actual politicians in charge were a bit more reasonable.

What if he was right and we live now in a world worse as a result?

What if he wasn’t right and we live now in a world better as a result?

For the curious, check this essay "Did Russell Advocate Preventive Atomic War against the USSR?": https://mulpress.mcmaster.ca/russelljournal/article/download...

I wonder if their opinions would have changed if they had been aware of the possibility this would result in nuclear winter.

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