Cultural Consequences of Rapid Technological Uplift

[Flyndaran]

Originally Posted by Jonas

Except that we've been destroying each others cities for as long as they've existed in warfare and continued to do so right up through WW2. The only real difference nuclear weapons made was said ability now came in a much more compact package, which we already had conventionally in spades as the firebombing of Japan attests to.

Honor and rules are for those vastly out powering the enemy.
Pyrrhic victories are a dime a dozen even now.