• trompete [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    New talking point to get bigger defense contracts just dropped. And he has another one:

    “I think we’re in an age when nuclear deterrent is actually less effective because the West is very unlikely to use anything like a nuclear bomb, whereas our adversaries might,” he added. “Where you have technological parity but moral disparity, the actual disparity is much greater than people think.”

    Karp continued: “In fact, given that we have parity technologically but we don’t have parity morally, they have a huge advantage.”

    Imagine thinking the US has the moral high ground, and that having the moral high ground is a disadvantage.